Prevalence of <scp>CMV DNA</scp> in plasma from United States blood donors
Sensitive NAT determined a CMV-NAT-IR prevalence of 1:10,440 in plasma samples from CMV-screened seropositive/serology-unscreened US blood donors. One identified window-period donor highlights the limitation of current CMV interventions.
Authors
- J. Roback
- Kacie Grimm
- Paula Saá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6077-4532)
- Laura Tonnetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7735-8420)
- Susan L. Stramer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-6366)
Institutions
- American Red Cross (US)
- Emory University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transfusion
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.70050
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00