Dengue Virus Transmission by Blood Stem Cell Donor after Travel to Sri Lanka, 2013

Punzel M., Korukluoglu G., Caglayik D. Y., Menemenlioglu D., CİVRİZ BOZDAĞ S., Tekgunduz E., ...More

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.20, no.8, pp.1366-1369, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3201/eid2008.140508
  • Journal Name: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1366-1369
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.