Seroprevalence of Chikungunya virus in blood donors from Northern and Southeastern Brazil

Background: Chikungunya virus, an arbovirus that belongs to the Alphavirus genus of the Togaviridae family, causes a febrile illness accompanied by rash and arthralgia. It is estimated that during outbreaks, the prevalence of Chikungunya virus RNA in viremic blood donations varies between 0.4 and 2....

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Main Authors: Svetoslav Nanev Slavov, Katia Kaori Otaguiri, Melina Lellis Bianquini, Hellen Tayana Oliveira Bitencourt, Marcia Cristina Munhoz Chagas, Domingos Sávio de Souza Guerreiro, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Dimas Tadeu Covas, Simone Kashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137918300841