Michael Kai HourfarAnna ThemannMarkus EickmannPilaipan PuthavathanaThomas LaueErhard SeifriedMichael SchmidtDeutsches Rotes KreuzUniversitat MarburgMahidol UniversityQiagen GmbHGoethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main2018-08-242018-08-242007-01-01Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol.13, No.7 (2007), 1081-108310806059108060402-s2.0-34447251928https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/25076Influenza viruses, including highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), could threaten blood safety. We analyzed 10,272 blood donor samples with a minipool nucleic acid amplication technique. Analytical sensitivity of the method was 804 geq/mL and 444 geq/mL for generic influenza primers and influenza (H5N1) subtype-specific primers. This study demonstrates that such screening for influenza viruses is feasible.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.3201/eid1307.060861