Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan  

作　　者：Moiz Ahmed Khan Kehkashan Imtiaz Humaira Shafaq Joveria Farooqi Mohammad Hassan Afia Zafar Maureen T.Long Kelli L.Barr Erum Khan 

机构地区：[1]Clinical Microbiology Laboratory,Department of Pathology&Lab Medicine,Aga Khan University,Karachi 74800,Pakistan [2]Blood Bank,Haematology&Transfusion Medicine,Department of Pathology&Lab Medicine,Aga Khan University,Karachi 74800,Pakistan [3]Comparative Diagnostic and Population Medicine,University of Florida,Gainesville FL32611,USA [4]Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research,University of South Florida,Tampa FL33620,USA

出　　处：《Virologica Sinica》2022年第5期774-777,共4页中国病毒学（英文版）

基　　金：The study was exempted from ethical approval by the Institutional Review Board of Aga Khan University(Ref#2019-0488-2928).

摘　　要：Dear Editor,Arboviruses of medical importance are maintained in nature in enzootic cycles between haematogenous vectors and susceptible vertebrate hosts(Huang et al.,2019).The rapid increase in human populations around the globe and the associated urbanization are creating irreversible damage to the ecosystem,giving rise to many problems including emergence and intensification of the vector borne diseases(Sutherst,2004).Among vector borne diseases,mosquito-borne arboviruses including dengue virus(DENV),West Nile virus(WNV),Japanese Encephalitis virus(JEV)and Zika virus(ZIKV)are rapidly emerging in the affected regions of the world(Palmer et al.,2011).

关 键 词：maintained IRREVERSIBLE Pakistan 

分 类 号：R373.3[医药卫生—病原生物学]