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False-Positive Transcription-Mediated Amplification Assay Detection of West Nile Virus in Blood from a Patient with Viremia Caused by an Usutu Virus Infection

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 9, Pages 3338-3339

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02501-09

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Detection of West Nile virus (WNV) by nucleic acid amplification technology (NAAT) is used widely to screen blood and organ donations in areas where WNV is endemic. We report a false-positive result of a WNV transcription-mediated amplification assay (TMA) in a patient with viremia that was caused by Usutu virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus.

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