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In 2002, just three years after its appearance in the Western Hemisphere, West Nile virus caused the largest outbreak of arboviral encephalitis ever recorded in the United States.¹ Epidemiologic investigations that year revealed that West Nile virus could be transmitted by blood transfusion,² and mathematical models suggested that hundreds of transmissions had occurred.³ By July 2003, shortly before a second seasonal outbreak of similar magnitude began, collaborations among blood-collection organizations, test-kit manufacturers, and government agencies culminated in near-universal screening of U.S. blood donations for West Nile virus with the use of newly developed nucleic acid amplification tests.

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From the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colo. (L.R.P.); and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Md. (J.S.E.).

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