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West Nile and Usutu Virus Infections and Challenges to Blood Safety in the European Union

West Nile and Usutu Virus Infections and Challenges to Blood Safety in the European Union

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b55e7df3878e49d296ad3e6d9d55b2ba

West Nile and Usutu Virus Infections and Challenges to Blood Safety in the European Union

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Full title

West Nile and Usutu Virus Infections and Challenges to Blood Safety in the European Union

Publisher

United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Journal title

Emerging infectious diseases, 2019-06, Vol.25 (6), p.1050-1057

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

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Scope and Contents

Contents

West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) circulate in several European Union (EU) countries. The risk of transfusion-transmitted West Nile virus (TT-WNV) has been recognized, and preventive blood safety measures have been implemented. We summarized the applied interventions in the EU countries and assessed the safety of the blood supply by comp...

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Full title

West Nile and Usutu Virus Infections and Challenges to Blood Safety in the European Union

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b55e7df3878e49d296ad3e6d9d55b2ba

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b55e7df3878e49d296ad3e6d9d55b2ba

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ISSN

1080-6040

E-ISSN

1080-6059

DOI

10.3201/eid2506.181755

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