Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)

Detection of Influenza A(H3N2) Virus RNA in Donated Blood

  • Rafael dos Santos Bezerra,
  • Daniel Macedo de Melo Jorge,
  • Ítalo Araújo Castro,
  • Edson Lara Moretto,
  • Leonardo Scalon de Oliveira,
  • Eugênia Maria Amorim Ubiali,
  • Dimas Tadeu Covas,
  • Eurico Arruda,
  • Simone Kashima,
  • Svetoslav Nanev Slavov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200549
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 7
pp. 1621 – 1623

Abstract

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Influenza A virus infection has rarely been documented to cause viremia. In 28 blood donations in Brazil that were deferred because of postdonation information, we identified influenza A(H3N2) virus RNA in 1 donation using metagenomic analysis. Our finding implies theoretical risk for viremia and transfusion transmission.

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