@article{1e1d54cbcf314ca695d9aae02036299e,
title = "An evaluation of asymptomatic Dengue infections among blood donors during the 2014 Dengue outbreak in Guangzhou, China",
abstract = "In 2014, an outbreak of dengue virus (DENV) infection led to 45 171 clinical cases diagnosed in Guangdong province, Southern China. However, the potential risk of blood donors asymptomatically infected with DENV has not been evaluated. In the current study we detected anti-DENV IgG antibody and RNA in volunteer Chinese blood donors. We found that anti-DENV IgG antibody was positively detected in 3.4% (51/1500) and two donors were detected as being DENV RNA positive out of 3000 blood samples. We concluded that the presence of potential DENV in blood donors might be potential risk for blood safety. Therefore, screening for DENV infection should be considered in blood donations during a period of dengue outbreak in high epidemic area of China.",
keywords = "blood, dengue virus, endemic infection, epidemiology, virus classification",
author = "Qiao Liao and Zhengang Shan and Min Wang and Jieting Huang and Ru Xu and Ke Huang and Xi Tang and Weiyun Zhang and Kenrad Nelson and Chengyao Li and Yongshui Fu and Xia Rong",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81402733), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2014A030311005), the Project of Health Bureau of Guangzhou (No. 20161A010072), the Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou city (No. 201509010009), and Science and Technology Project of Guangdong province (No2016A020216001). The funding agencies had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Funding Information: The Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Grant number: No. 2014A030311005; The Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou city, Grant number: No. 201509010009; The Project of Health Bureau of Guangzhou, Grant number: No. 20161A010072; National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant number: No. 81402733; Science and Technology Project of Guangdong province, Grant number: No. 2016A020216001 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2017",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1002/jmv.24883",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "89",
pages = "2037--2040",
journal = "Journal of Medical Virology",
issn = "0146-6615",
publisher = "Wiley-Liss Inc.",
number = "11",
}