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Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Research

Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmitted Via Blood Transfusion, Hong Kong, China

Vincent C.C. Cheng1, Siddharth Sridhar1, Shuk-Ching Wong, Sally C.Y. Wong, Jasper F.W. Chan, Cyril C.Y. Yip, Chi-Hung Chau, Timmy W.K. Au, Yu-Yan Hwang, Carol S.W. Yau, Janice Y.C. Lo, Cheuk-Kwong Lee, and Kwok-Yung YuenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (V.C.C. Cheng, S. Sridhar, S.C.Y. Wong, J.F.W. Chan, C.C.Y. Yip, K.-Y. Yuen); Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong (V.C.C. Cheng, S.-C. Wong, T.W.K. Au, Y.-Y. Hwang); Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong (C.-H. Chau); Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong (C.S.W. Yau, J.Y.C. Lo); Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong (C.-K. Lee)

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Figure 1

Timeline of index patient with transfusion-transmitted JEV infection, Hong Kong, China, May‒July 2017. Day counts indicate the number of days after double lung transplant, unless specified otherwise. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

Figure 1. Timeline of index patient with transfusion-transmitted JEV infection, Hong Kong, China, May‒July 2017. Day counts indicate the number of days after double lung transplant, unless specified otherwise. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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