Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors:Experience from Karachi,Pakistan
Dear Editor,
Arboviruses of medical importance are maintained in nature in enzootic cycles between haematogenous vectors and susceptible verte-brate hosts(Huang et al.,2019).The rapid increase in human pop-ulations around the globe and the associated urbanization are creating irreversible damage to the ecosystem,giving rise to many problems including emergence and intensification of the vector borne diseases(Sutherst,2004).Among vector borne diseases,mosquito-borne arbovi-ruses including dengue virus(DENV),West Nile virus(WNV),Japanese Encephalitis virus(JEV)and Zika virus(ZIKV)are rapidly emerging in the affected regions of the world(Palmer et al.,2011).The primary route of infection of these arboviruses is through the bite of infected mosqui-toes,however,in the endemic regions,the concern for other routes of virus transmission remains,including transfusion-related transmission.This risk is especially high during outbreak season when viruses are actively circulating in the community and donors with asymptomatic infection are capable of donating blood contaminated with arboviruses(Stramer et al.,2009).
screening、blood、from、arboviruses、donors、experience、healthy、karachi、pakistan
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H030;S;C913.68
2023-05-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
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