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

Michael Punzel, Gülay Korukluoğlu, Dilek Yağcı Çağlayık, Dilek Menemenlioğlu, Sinem Civriz Bozdağ, Emre Tekgündüz, Fevzi Altuntaş, Renata de Mendonça Campos, Bernd Burde, Stephan Günther,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2014 · 37 citations · 9 references

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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.

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