West Nile-May spread in the blood
Three of four recipients of organs of a woman, died in a car accident August have developed West Nile encephalitis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examine whether these patients, the virus of the order of organ donors may have West Nile mandate of one of 37 units of blood, it was the passion of some violations in a massive car accident. Entnommenen samples from organ donors at death to show signs of West Nile virus infection.
“It was the best by an infected mosquito bite, it has violated before or by blood transfusion immediately after the offence,” said Dr. James Hughes, director of the CDC’s National Center for Infectious Diseases.
The CDC’s Fort Collins, laboratory and the Florida Department of Health Laboratory confirmed that three out of four people who received organs from donors, a resident of Georgia, have been infected with West Nile Virus. The three confirmed all the organ recipients had encephalitis, he died and two others were recovered in hospital.
The Florida Department of Health is obtaining a sample of the fourth from donor organ recipients for West Nile virus testing. This person develops the disease with a slight fever after the transplant and is on the resumption of classes at home.
As a precaution, the remaining blood products blood donor of organ donors and recipients of organ were removed from the farm. The blood donors are organ donors to be contacted, as well as tests of West Nile Virus can be done. Beneficiaries of blood products from these donors are also contacted and tested for West Nile Virus.
If health experts confirmed that the organ donors and recipients of contract West Nile virus in the blood or organ transplants, it is for the first time that something other than a mosquito bite, it became clear that the responsibility of a human case of the disease.
“Although transmission of West Nile virus through blood transfusions or organ donation was a theoretical possibility, the transfer on these routes have not been observed before,” the CDC said in a statement.
James Hughes, director of the CDC’s National Center for Infectious Diseases, there is no clear evidence that the nation has been contaminated blood from West Nile virus.
“It’s only a possibility at this moment,” said Hughes. “If I am personally need a blood transfusion, the past, what I would be, it is concerned about West Nile Virus Infection.”
However, he added, “we must aggressively monitor the possibility that a blood product was responsible for it.”
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