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Human herpesvirus 8 transfusion transmission in Ghana, an endemic region of West Africa.

Transfusion - 1 Nov 2012

Gobbini Francesca, Owusu-Ofori Shirley, Marcelin Anne-Geneviève, Candotti Daniel, Allain Jean-Pierre

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BACKGROUND: Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) seroprevalence ranges between less than 5% in Europe and North America and 50% to 70% in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence of HHV-8 transfusion transmission is only indirect. We conducted a serologic (anti-HHV-8) and molecular (HHV-8 DNA) study of samples from paired donor-immunocompetent recipients transfused with whole blood. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Samples from 252...

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PMID: 22420900
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03607.x

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