Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)
Zika virus surveillance post-epidemic in blood donors from São Paulo, Brazil 2016-2020.
Suzete Cleusa Ferreira, José Eduardo Levi, Anna Shoko Nishiya, Cesar de Almeida-Neto, Jerenice Esdras Ferreira, Juliana Derriga, Nanci A Salles, Silvia Petrossi Gallo Polato, Katia C Dantas, Edmir Boturão-Neto, Martha Mathias Rocha, Vanderson Rocha, Alfredo Mendrone-Jr
Published: 202510.1111/tme.70030
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Zika virus (ZIKV) is primarily transmitted through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, though transmission via blood transfusion has also been documented. During the 2015 ZIKV epidemic in Brazil, severe complications were observed i…
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