Using blood donors and solid organ transplant donors and recipients to estimate the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr virus in Canada: A cross-sectional study

Curtis Mabilangan, Catherine Burton, Sheila F. O’Brien, Sabrina S. Plitt, Dean T. Eurich, Jutta K. Preiksaitis

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada · 2020 · 16 citations · 42 references

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Abstract

Canada has relatively low and perhaps decreasing age-specific EBV and CMV prevalence, making Canadians vulnerable to primary infection-associated morbidity and suggesting benefit from future vaccines. Collection and analysis of routine serology screening data are useful for observing trends.

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