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Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013
Dispatch

Implications of Dengue Outbreaks for Blood Supply, Australia

Helen M. FaddyComments to Author , Clive R. Seed, Jesse J. Fryk, Catherine A. Hyland, Scott A. Ritchie, Carmel T. Taylor, Kathryn L. Van Der Merwe, Robert L.P. Flower1, and William J.H. McBride1
Author affiliations: Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia (H.M. Faddy, J.J. Fryk, C.A. Hyland, K.L. Van Der Merwe, R.L.P. Flower); Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Osborne Park, Western Australia, Australia (C.R. Seed); James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (W.J.H. McBride, S.A. Ritchie); Queensland Health, Cairns (S.A. Ritchie); Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia (C.T. Taylor)

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Table 1

Serologic evidence of recent dengue exposure by dengue virus IgM in blood donors, northern Queensland, Australia, 2008–2009 epidemic

Location Donors
Donations
No. samples Reactive samples, no. (% [95% CI]) No. samples Reactive samples, no. (% [95% CI])
North Queensland 5,453 12 (0.22 [0.10–0.34]) 10,026 13 (0.13 [0.06–0.20])
Cairns 2,416 8 (0.33 [0.10–0.56]) 5,051 9 (0.18 [0.06–0.29])
Townsville 3,037 4 (0.13 [0.00–0.26]) 4,975 4 (0.08 [0.00–0.16])

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1Joint senior authors.

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