作者
Maria L Barjas‐Castro, Rodrigo N Angerami, Mariana S Cunha, Akemi Suzuki, Juliana S Nogueira, Iray M Rocco, Adriana Y Maeda, Fernanda GS Vasami, Gizelda Katz, Ilka FSF Boin, Raquel SB Stucchi, Mariângela R Resende, Danillo LA Esposito, Renato P de Souza, Benedito A da Fonseca, Marcelo Addas‐Carvalho
发表日期
2016/7
期刊
Transfusion
卷号
56
期号
7
页码范围
1684-1688
简介
BACKGROUND
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arthropod‐borne flavivirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Recent commentaries regarding ZIKV routes of transmission describe a potential transmission by transfusion. Herein, we report a probable case of transfusion‐transmitted ZIKV infection through a platelet transfusion that was detected from postdonation information.
CASE REPORT
A blood donor made a voluntary telephone report to the blood donor facility 3 days after donation and informed the facility of a febrile illness (fever, malaise, and headaches). Due to the ongoing dengue epidemic, the initial clinical investigation included dengue among other possible diagnoses. The serology and molecular laboratory results excluded dengue infection. However, stored samples from the donation were positive for ZIKV on reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) analysis. A retrospective …
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