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- Title
Detection of West Nile virus in the Mexican blood supply.
- Authors
Sánchez-Guerrero, Sergio A; Romero-Estrella, Sagrario; Rodríguez-Ruiz, Antonio; Infante-Ramírez, Lilia; Gómez, Angélica; Villanueva-Vidales, Eduardo; García-Torres, Martha; Domínguez, Ana M A; Vázquez, Jaime A; Calderón, Eva D; Valiente-Banuet, Leopoldo; Linnen, Jeffrey M; Broulik, Amy; Harel, William; Marín Y López, Rafael A
- Abstract
West Nile virus (WNV) is the etiologic agent of an emerging disease in the Western Hemisphere that can be transmitted to humans by blood transfusion. WNV first appeared in the United States in 1999, in Canada in 2001, and in Mexico in 2002. The aim of this nationwide study was to determine the prevalence of WNV in blood donors in Mexico as a first step in preventing its transfusion-associated transmission.
- Publication
Transfusion, 2006, Vol 46, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
0041-1132
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00666.x