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Transfusion Transmitted Infections

Tracking HIV Drug Resistance and Subtypes in Blood Donors

The risk of HIV transmission from blood transfusion is low (0.16 to 0.49 per million transfusions) but is still possible…

June 22, 2021

Screening for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in U.S. Blood Donors

In March 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began in China, the U.S. launched the REDS Epidemiology,…

June 8, 2021

Transfusion-Transmission of Hepatitis E from Solvent/Detergent-Treated Plasma

Scientists in France recently found evidence for possible hepatitis E virus (HEV) transmission in plasma treated with solvent/detergent from two…

November 11, 2020

No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Transfusion Transmission or Viral Infectivity

About 20-25% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe symptoms, but many infected individuals are asymptomatic and may donate blood…

October 21, 2020

Serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from Blood Donations across the U.S.

The RESPONSE (REDS-IV-P Epidemiology, Surveillance and Preparedness of the Novel SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic) Study aims to screen blood donations and monitor…

October 7, 2020

Less than 2% of U.S. Blood Donations Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

In order to gain a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, the American Red Cross tested all blood donations from June…

September 22, 2020

Minimal Concerns for HIV in the US Blood Supply after FDA Revised Guidance

In 2015, the U.S. FDA revised guidance for blood donor deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) from…

September 15, 2020

Pathogen Reduction Reduces SARS-CoV-2 in Plasma and Whole Blood

Similar to other respiratory viruses, it is suspected that SARS-CoV-2 is not transfusion-transmitted.  Nevertheless, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in plasma,…

June 17, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Found in Blood—Is it Transfusion Transmissible?

Researchers in both China and South Korea have identified SARS-CoV-2 in routine blood donations. In China, 2,430 blood donations (1,656…

April 15, 2020

Blood Use and Supply during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Lessons from Seattle

Physicians and colleagues from the Transfusion Medicine and Hematology Divisions at the University of Washington in Seattle and the local…

March 24, 2020

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