TY - JOUR AU - Faddy, Helen AU - Seed, Clive AU - Fryk, Jesse AU - Hyland, Catherine AU - Ritchie, Scott AU - Taylor, Carmel AU - Van Der Merwe, Kathryn AU - Flower, Robert L.P. AU - McBride, William J.H. T1 - Implications of Dengue Outbreaks for Blood Supply, Australia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 5 SP - 787 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Dengue outbreaks have increased in size and frequency in Australia, and transfusion-transmitted dengue poses a risk to transfusion safety. Using whole blood samples collected during the large 2008–2009 dengue epidemic, we estimated the risk for a dengue-infectious blood donation as ≈1 in 7,146 (range 2,218–50,021). KW - Dengue virus KW - Australia KW - blood donor KW - sero-prevalence KW - asymptomatic KW - risk KW - cost KW - seroprevalence KW - vector-borne infections KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid1905.121664 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/12-1664_article ER - End of Reference