Dengue Virus Transmission by Blood Stem Cell Donor after Travel to Sri Lanka; Germany, 2013
oleh: Michael Punzel, Gülay Korukluoğlu, Dilek Yagci Caglayik, Dilek Menemenlioglu, Sinem Civriz Bozdag, Emre Tekgündüz, Fevzi Altuntaş, Renata de Mendonca Campos, Bernd Burde, Stephan Günther, Dennis Tappe, Daniel Cadar, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Three days after donation of peripheral blood stem cells to a recipient with acute myeloblastic leukemia, dengue virus was detected in the donor, who had recently traveled to Sri Lanka. Transmission to the recipient, who died 9 days after transplant, was confirmed.