Distribution of Dengue Virus Types 1 and 4 in Blood Components from Infected Blood Donors from Puerto Rico.

• Main Authors: Germán Añez (Author), Daniel A R Heisey (Author), Caren Chancey (Author), Rafaelle C G Fares (Author), Luz M Espina (Author), Kátia P R Souza (Author), Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho (Author), David E Krysztof (Author), Gregory A Foster (Author), Susan L Stramer (Author), Maria Rios (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the four dengue viruses (DENV-1 to 4) that can also be transmitted by blood transfusion and organ transplantation. The distribution of DENV in the components of blood from infected donors is poorly understood. METHODS:We used an in-house...