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To the Editor: The Perspective article by Morse (May 29 issue)¹ addresses the transmission of West Nile virus through organ transplantation and blood transfusion. Less than 1 percent of the more than 4000 cases diagnosed in 2002 were attributed to transfusion, with virtually all the rest attributed to mosquito bites.² To reduce the small risk, blood centers, in collaboration with industry, implemented nucleic acid testing for West Nile virus in June and July and have interdicted hundreds of potentially infectious donations. It is difficult to predict the effect of screening, because we have a limited understanding of the sensitivity of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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