Re-evaluating the residual risk of transfusion-transmitted Ross River virus infection

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• 作者：C. R. Seed ; V. C. Hoad ; H. M. Faddy ; P. Kiely ; A. J. Keller and J. Pink
• 刊名：Vox Sanguinis
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：110
• 期：4
• 页码：317-323
• 全文大小：112K
• ISSN：1423-0410

文摘

Ross River virus (RRV) is an enveloped, RNA alphavirus in the same antigenic group as chikungunya virus. Australia records an annual average of 5000 laboratory-confirmed RRV infections. While RRV is currently geographically restricted to the Western Pacific, the capacity of arboviruses for rapid expansion is well established. The first case of RRV transfusion-transmission was recently described prompting a comprehensive risk assessment.