From Atlanta, at a meeting of the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service
Donated blood and organs should be screened to prevent transmission of West Nile virus, federal officials say. In addition to bites from infected mosquitoes, which is the most common route of infection in both people and animals, blood and transplanted organs can also spread the virus, two recent investigations indicate.
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