TY - JOUR AU - Hourfar, Michael Kai AU - Themann, Anna AU - Eickmann, Markus AU - Puthavathana, Pilaipan AU - Laue, Thomas AU - Seifried, Erhard AU - Schmidt, Michael T1 - Blood Screening for Influenza T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 7 SP - 1081 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Influenza viruses, including highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), could threaten blood safety. We analyzed 10,272 blood donor samples with a minipool nucleic acid amplication technique. Analytical sensitivity of the method was 804 geq/mL and 444 geq/mL for generic influenza primers and influenza (H5N1) subtype–specific primers. This study demonstrates that such screening for influenza viruses is feasible. KW - avian influenza KW - influenza A (H5N1) KW - blood screening KW - real-time PCR KW - dispatch KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1307.060861 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/06-0861_article ER - End of Reference