Herpesvirus prevalence and viral load in healthy blood donors by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction
Hudnall SD, Chen T, Allison P, Tyring SK, Heath A. Herpesvirus prevalence and viral load in healthy blood donors by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. Transfusion 2008, 48: 1180-1187. PMID: 18422852, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01685.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpstein-Barr virusVaricella-zoster virusHealthy adult blood donorsAdult blood donorsBlood donorsHHV-6Human herpesvirusesViral loadHHV-7Primary infectionDonor samplesMedian viral loadHHV-6 DNAHealthy blood donorsHHV-8 DNAViral DNA loadReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionHerpes simplex virus 1Single-donor samplesSimplex virus 1Polymerase chain reaction assaysReal-time polymerase chain reaction assaysTransfusion recipientsActive infection