Research Article

Mitigating the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Dengue in Australia

Table 2

Detection of DENV RNA, by TMA, in donations from Australian blood donors.

Samples# testedDENV RNA positive
#%95% CI

Dengue outbreak (2008/2009 and 2012/2013)6,18200–0.06
 2008/2009 DENV epidemic66400–0.55
 2012/2013 DENV outbreak5,51800–0.07
Control region1,60100–0.23