Investigation of West Nile virus among healthy blood donors in the western part of Turkey
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Servet ULUER BİÇEROĞLU, Ersin Karatayli, Arzu BAYRAM, Ajda TURHAN, Aysu DEĞİRMENCİ DÖŞKAYA, Yeşim AYDINOK, Abdurrahman Mithat Bozdayi, Şaziye Rüçhan SERTÖZ
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2015, vol 45, pp 84-88
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1312-50
Summary
Background/aim: The West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus causing different forms of infection among humans, varying from asymptomatic illness to fetal central nervous system infection. Turkey lies within an endemic region for WNV. Transfusion of infected blood products is another well-documented major route of transmission. The aim of our study was to investigate the presence of WNV viremia among a healthy donor population from the western part of the country.