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

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

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.20, no.8, pp.1366-1369, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3201/eid2008.140508
  • Title of Journal : EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Page Numbers: pp.1366-1369

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.