Seroepidemiology and risk factors of West Nile virus infection in blood donors of Fars province, southwest of Iran-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Seroepidemiology and risk factors of West Nile virus infection in blood donors of Fars province, southwest of Iran

Published:2022-02 Issue:2 Volume:17 Page:87-93
ISSN:1746-0794
Container-title:Future Virology
language:en
Short-container-title:Future Virology

Author:

Sarvari Jamal¹²^ORCID,Hosseini Seyed Y¹^ORCID,Mosayebi Faezeh¹^ORCID,Ardekani Masoud T³^ORCID,Joharinia Negar¹^ORCID,Arefinia Nasir¹^ORCID,Azad-Manjiri Sanam⁴^ORCID,Fazlalipour Mehdi⁴^ORCID,Pouriayevali Mohammad H⁴^ORCID,Salehi-Vaziri Mostafa⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Bacteriology & Virology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 1316943551, Iran

2. Shiraz Blood Transfusion Organization, Shiraz, 7193734881, Iran

3. Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 7134845794, Iran

4. Department of Arboviruses & Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (National Reference Laboratory), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, 1316943551, Iran

5. Research Center for Emerging & Reemerging Infectious Disease, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, 1316943551, Iran

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the frequency of West Nile virus (WNV) in blood donors of the blood transfusion center of Fars province, Iran. Materials & methods: A total of 337 participants referred for blood donation to Fars blood centers were included. The presence of anti-WNV antibodies was analyzed using the WNV IgG ELISA kit. Results: Out of all participants, 76 (22.6%) were positive for anti-WNV IgG antibodies. Our results also showed that the frequency of WNV was associated with the age, educational level, job and city of residency of participants (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results indicated the high frequency of WNV seropositivity among blood donors in southwest Iran. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to establish an integrated surveillance system for monitoring WNV infection in Iran.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Virology

Link

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/fvl-2020-0315

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