Thursday, 13 April 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Usutu virus - Europe (03): Germany (NW) blood donor

Other Human Disease -- Germany
Cadar D, Maier P, Müller S, et al
Abstract
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Between 1 Jun-31 Dec 2016, 13 023 blood donations from the University Hospital Aachen in [North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany were routinely screened for West Nile virus (WNV) RNA using the cobas TaqScreen WNV Test. On 28 September 2016, one blood donor was tested positive. Subsequent analysis revealed an acute Usutu virus (USUV) infection. During the ongoing USUV epizootics in Germany, blood transfusion services, public health authorities

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