Blood Screening for Influenza

Blood Screening for Influenza

Influenza viruses, including highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), could threaten blood safety. We analyzed 10,272 blood donor samples with a minipool nucleic acid amplication technique. Analytical sensitivity of the method was 804 geq/mL and 444 geq/mL for generic influenza primers and in...

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Main Authors: Michael Kai Hourfar, Anna Themann, Markus Eickmann, Pilaipan Puthavathana, Thomas Laue, Erhard Seifried, Michael Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
avian influenza
influenza A (H5N1)
blood screening
real-time PCR
dispatch
Germany
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/06-0861_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/06-0861_article

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