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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 2

Prevalence of dengue virus IgG in the blood donor population, northern Queensland, Australia

Variable No. samples Reactive, no. (% [95% CI])
Northern Queensland 1,548 146 (9.43 [7.98–10.89])
Age group, y
<40 567 18 (3.17 [1.73–4.62])
40–60 742 70 (9.43 [7.33–11.54])
>60 239 58 (24.27 [18.83–29.70])
Outbreak
Start 788 72 (9.14 [7.13–11.15])
End
 760
 74 (9.74 [7.63–11.84])
Cairns 738 53 (7.18 [5.32–9.04])
Age group, y
<40 271 5 (1.85 [0.24–3.45])
40–60 360 26 (7.22 [4.55–9.90])
>60 107 22 (20.56 [12.90–28.22])
Outbreak
Start 384 31 (8.07 [5.35–10.80])
End
 354
 22 (6.21 [3.70–8.73])
Townsville 810 93 (11.48 [9.29–13.68])
Age group, y
<40 296 13 (4.39 [2.06–6.73])
40–60 382 44 (11.52 [8.32–14.72])
>60 132 36 (27.27 [19.68–34.87])
Outbreak
Start 404 41 (10.15 [7.20–13.09])
End
 406
 52 (12.81 [9.5–16.066])
Melbourne 457 31 (6.78 [4.48–9.09])
Age group, y
<40 151 11 (7.28 [3.14–11.43])
40–60 215 16 (7.44 [3.93–10.95])
>60 91 4 (4.40 [0.18–8.61])

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1Joint senior authors.

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