Photo from wikipedia
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito‐borne alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family. The symptomatic infection is characterised by acute febrile disease which generally results in severe arthralgia and myalgia, however,… Click to show full abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito‐borne alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family. The symptomatic infection is characterised by acute febrile disease which generally results in severe arthralgia and myalgia, however, most of the CHIKV infections remain asymptomatic. CHIKV RNA detection in asymptomatic volunteers may be responsible for the transfusion transmission of this infection, especially during outbreaks. There is no information for CHIKV seroprevalence among blood donors from the Federal District of Brazil.
Journal Title: Transfusion Medicine
Year Published: 2022
Link to full text (if available)
Share on Social Media: Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!