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Abstract

Between July and August 2017, seven of 12,047 blood donations from eastern Austria, reacted positive to West Nile virus (WNV) in the cobas test (Roche). Follow-up investigations revealed Usutu virus (USUV) nucleic acid in six of these. Retrospective analyses of four blood donors diagnosed as WNV-infected in 2016 showed one USUV positive. Blood transfusion services and public health authorities in USUV-endemic areas should be aware of a possible increase of human USUV infections.

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Usutu virus infections among blood donors, Austria, July and August 2017 – Raising awareness for diagnostic challenges
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Tam%C3%A1s+Bakonyi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bakonyi Tamás</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christof+Jungbauer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jungbauer Christof</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stephan+W.+Aberle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Aberle Stephan W.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jolanta+Kolodziejek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kolodziejek Jolanta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Katharina+Dimmel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dimmel Katharina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karin+Stiasny&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stiasny Karin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Franz+Allerberger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Allerberger Franz</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Norbert+Nowotny&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nowotny Norbert</a></span>. Usutu virus infections among blood donors, Austria, July and August 2017 – Raising awareness for diagnostic challenges. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(41):pii=17-00644. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.41.17-00644" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.41.17-00644</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 19 Sept 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 12 Oct 2017 </span> </p>
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