title: Reflections on the emergence of chikungunya virus in the United States: time to revisit a successful paradigm for the safety of blood-derived therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia. albert.farrugia@uwa.edu.au.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farrugia
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kreil
mesh_terms: D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D001782:Blood Donors; D058731:Blood Safety / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D065632:Chikungunya Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D046148:Donor Selection; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014766:Viremia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D038301:Virus Inactivation