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ArticleTransfusion2021

Detection of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika RNA in blood donors from Southeast Asia.

Jean Stanley, Viroje Chongkolwatana, Pham Tuan Duong, Pimpun Kitpoka, Susan L Stramer, Nguyen Thi Thanh Dung, Kacie E Grimm, Anyarin Pojanasingchod, Panitita Suksomboonvong, Susan A Galel

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Article in Transfusion, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Jean StanleyMedical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9182-9281
Viroje ChongkolwatanaFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pham Tuan DuongBlood Screening, National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Pimpun KitpokaFaculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Susan L StramerScientific Affairs, American Red Cross, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5865-6366
Nguyen Thi Thanh DungBlood Screening, National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kacie E GrimmScientific Affairs, American Red Cross, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Anyarin PojanasingchodFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Panitita SuksomboonvongFaculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Susan A GalelMedical and Scientific Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, USA.
American Red Cross · USMahidol University · THNational Blood Transfusion Service · NGRoche (United States) · USSiriraj Hospital · TH

Funding

Roche Molecular Diagnostics None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChikungunya (CHIKV), dengue (DENV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses are of concern due to the potential of transfusion transmission in blood, especially in regions such as Southeast Asia where the viruses are endemic. The recent availability of nucleic acid testing (NAT) to screen blood donations on an automated platform provides the opportunity to detect potentially infectious units in asymptomatic donors. STUDY DESIGN AND

methodsThree thousand blood donations from Vietnam and 6000 from Thailand were screened with a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (cobas CHIKV/DENV, Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN) and equal numbers on cobas Zika (Roche Diagnostics). Reactive samples were tested by alternative NAT with resolution of discordant results by heminested PCR. Throughput of simultaneous testing of the two assays on the cobas 8800 system (Roche Diagnostics) was evaluated.

resultsIn Vietnam, 9 of 3045 samples were reactive for DENV and all were confirmed, for a prevalence (with 95% confidence interval [CI]) of 0.296% (0.135-0.560). In Thailand, 2 of 6000 samples were reactive for CHIKV, 4 of 6000 for DENV, and 1 of 6005 for ZIKV, and all confirmed. The prevalence of CHIKV is 0.033% (0.004-0.120), DENV 0.067% (0.018-0.171), and ZIKV 0.017% (0.000-0.093). The overall specificity for the cobas CHIKV/DENV and cobas Zika tests was 100% (99.959-100). For the simultaneous assay testing, 960 test results were available in 7 hours and 53 minutes.

conclusionDetection of CHIKV, DENV, and ZIKV RNA in donor samples in Vietnam and Thailand indicate the presence of the virus in asymptomatic blood donors. The cobas 6800/8800 systems (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA) enable screening blood donations in endemic areas for these viruses together or separately.

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AdultAsia, SoutheasternBlood DonorsCarrier StateChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusChildDengueDengue VirusEndemic DiseasesHumansMass ScreeningNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPrevalenceReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, ViralRNA, Viralchikungunyadenguedonor blood screeningnucleic acid testingsimultaneous testingZika

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PMID33026130
PMCPMC7821136
OpenAlexW3091800069

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