Usutu virus infections among blood donors, Austria, July and August 2017-Raising awareness for diagnostic challenges

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作者
Bakonyi, Tamas [1 ,2 ]
Jungbauer, Christof [3 ]
Aberle, Stephan W. [4 ]
Kolodziejek, Jolanta [1 ]
Dimmel, Katharina [1 ]
Stiasny, Karin [4 ]
Allerberger, Franz [5 ]
Nowotny, Norbert [1 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Vet Med Vienna, Inst Virol, Viral Zoonoses Emerging & Vector Borne Infect Grp, Vienna, Austria
[2] Univ Vet Med, Dept Microbiol & Infect Dis, Budapest, Hungary
[3] Blood Serv Vienna Lower Austria & Burgenland, Austrian Red Cross, Vienna, Austria
[4] Med Univ Vienna, Ctr Virol, Vienna, Austria
[5] Austrian Agcy Hlth & Food Safety AGES, Vienna, Austria
[6] Mohammed Bin Rashid Univ Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Basic Med Sci, Coll Med, Dubai, U Arab Emirates
关键词
WEST NILE VIRUS; CO-CIRCULATION; EMERGENCE; PATIENT;
D O I
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.41.17-00644
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
摘要
Between July and August 2017, seven of 12,047 blood donations from eastern Austria, reacted positive to West Nile virus (WNV) in the cobas test (Roche). Follow-up investigations revealed Usutu virus (USUV) nucleic acid in six of these. Retrospective analyses of four blood donors diagnosed as WNV-infected in 2016 showed one USUV positive. Blood transfusion services and public health authorities in USUV-endemic areas should be aware of a possible increase of human USUV infections.
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