Since humans are secondary hosts of WNV birds are the primary hosts , virus levels in humans are usually relatively low and do not persist for very long. Nucleic acid testing is most useful as a screen for WNV in donated units of blood, tissue, or organs, for detecting WNV in the blood of living tissue and organ donors, and for testing birds and mosquito pools to detect the presence and spread of WNV in the community.
It is possible to determine that WNV has spread to a particular area and is in the bird and mosquito population before any human cases are identified. It also may be used to test the blood or tissues of a person who has died post mortem to determine whether WNV may have caused or contributed to their death. Antibody tests are primarily ordered when a person has new signs and symptoms suggesting a current WNV infection, particularly if the person lives in or has traveled to an area where WNV is endemic.
An infection may be suspected, especially if symptoms arise during the WNV season. In the United States, the peak mosquito season is generally July to October, but in some regions they may be present year-round. Signs and symptoms associated with more serious WNV that has central nervous system involvement may include:. If an initial IgM test is negative but symptoms persist and other conditions are ruled out, another IgM test may be repeated a few days later to determine whether IgM WNV antibodies are now detectable.
Nucleic acid amplification tests NAAT are routinely used to screen units of donated blood for WNV and may be performed on the blood of tissue and organ donors prior to transplantation. While HTLV-1 has been associated with neoplastic conditions and various demyelinating disorders, HTLV-2 is not yet proven unequivocally to be of significant clinical concern. False-positive donors by antibody may be reentered, except those that were confirmed positive by various tests used before the availability of an FDA licensed western blot.
Screening for syphilis is performed using a qualitative test that detects the presence of antibodies to the spirochete corkscrew-shaped bacterium , Treponema pallidum , by an automated agglutination assay based on specific pattern recognition.
Confirmation is performed using another serologic test for total antibodies, an enzyme-linked immunoassay, as well as a test for reagin a protein-like substance that is present during acute infection and for several months following resolution of infection.
Reagin testing was the first screening method used but was replaced by antibody testing in No cases of transfusion-transmitted syphilis have been recorded in more than 50 years. False-positive donors for syphilis may be reentered. ZIKV, a flavivirus, closely related to dengue viruses, resulted in a pandemic during ZIKV usually causes mild symptoms such as: fever, skin rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, or headache.
The virus is most commonly transmitted to humans through mosquito bites; but may also be transmitted by sexual contact, laboratory acquisition or blood transfusion. Investigational NAT in mini-pools of 16 was introduced in June in 5 southeastern states, but as required by FDA, expanded to all US donations first as individual donations and by January in mini-pools using an FDA licensed assay. During the peak of the outbreak in , a rate of 1 per , was obtained all positives with naturally occurring infection had their exposure outside of the US or in Florida ; our last confirmed-positive donation was in March exposure in Cuba.
The virus, generally transmitted to humans through mosquito bites, was first detected in the US in in New York and reached epidemic proportions in In the same year, WNV was reported to be transmitted by blood transfusion and organ transplants.
Following the introduction of blood donor screening, there have been 15 cases of transfusion transmission from screened blood; all are believed to be due to donations having very low levels of virus.
This translates to a risk of about 1 per 84 million donations for the Red Cross overall or 1 per 35 million during the summer transmission season.
Babesia is a red cell parasite endemic in the Northeastern and upper Midwestern regions of the US and responsible for the disease referred to as babesiosis. The parasite is naturally transmitted by the bite of an infected tick but may also be transmitted by blood transfusion. Infection may be asymptomatic or cause non-specific symptoms: fever, fatigue, headache, and muscle pain.
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Antibody detection Preferred sample is serum. Can be done with plasma, but starting dilution of assay will be higher to dilute out anti-coagulant. As with most serological assays, paired samples are needed for an accurate assessment of a recent infection or vaccination.
Plaque-reduction neutralization assay PRNT Traditional test used for flavivirus antibody detection where cross-reactivity with other viruses may occur, e.
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