Prevalence of dengue NS1 antigenemia among healthy blood donors in a tertiary care hospital in Southern India
| Autor: | Remi Remakanth, Abhishekh Basavarajegowda, Rahul Dhodapkar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 140-145 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0973-6247 1998-3565 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ajts.ajts_51_21 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Transmission of dengue by transfusion of blood products has been documented, although the frequency of these occurrences and the level of viremia required to cause clinical dengue are unknown. The primary objective was to assess the prevalence of dengue NS1 antigen among healthy blood donors at our blood center.METHODOLOGY: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Department of Transfusion Medicine, a tertiary care hospital in South-eastern India, from February 2019 to January 2020. A total of 968 donor samples were included in the study. Dengue NS1 antigen detection was done using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data regarding clinical, epidemiological, and demographic characteristics were collected from the donor questionnaire and records.RESULTS: In the study, the overall prevalence of Dengue NS1 antigen was 0.9%, with nine positive samples among the 968 samples tested. Eight of them were male, and 1 was a female donor. All of them were in the age group |
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