Table 2.
Estimated Number of RNAemic Donations and Blood Components Released, by Seasonal Arbovirus Outbreak Period in 4 Blood Centers, Brazil
| Period | Fundação Pró-Sangue, São Paulo |
Hemominas, Belo Horizonte | Hemope, Recife | Hemorio, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIKV | CHIKV | DENV | ZIKV | CHIKV | DENV | ZIKV | CHIKV | DENV | ZIKV | CHIKV | DENV | |
| Apr 2016–Oct 2016 | 0 (0) | 6 (12) | 14 (31) | 37 (81) | 0 (0) | 29 (65) | 0 (0) | 56 (122) | 0 (0) | 31 (67) | 18 (40) | 4 (8) |
| Nov 2016–Jun 2017 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 47 (105) | 4 (9) | 0 (0) |
| Nov 2017–Jun 2018a | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (15) | 0 (0) | 11 (25) | 20 (45) | 34 (76)a | 27 (58)a | 0 (0)a |
| Nov 2018–Jun 2019 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 39 (86) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 160 (353) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 20 (44) | 0 (0) | 27 (59) | 14 (28) |
| Total | 0 (0) | 6 (12) | 53 (117) | 41 (89) | 0 (0) | 196 (433) | 0 (0) | 67 (147) | 40 (89) | 115 (254) | 76 (166) | 18 (36) |
Data are presented as No. of donations (No. of blood components).
Abbreviations: CHIKV, chikungunya virus; DENV, dengue virus; ZIKV, Zika virus.
The majority of samples from Hemorio in June 2018 could not be tested due to a fire in which the samples were destroyed.