Locally Acquired Malaria in Florida and Texas Malaria is a serious and potentially fatal disease that can be caused by five species of Plasmodium—P. falciparum, P. vivax,… July 5, 2023
Transfusion Transmission of Hepatitis A Virus during a Recent Epidemic in Europe In most infections of hepatitis A (HAV), individuals have very mild symptoms or are asymptomatic. Although rare in the U.S.,… February 21, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 RNA Frequently Found in Blood Donor Plasma is Not Infectious Although no cases of SARS-CoV-2 transfusion-transmission have been reported worldwide, RNA is detected in 15% to 90% of patients with… September 7, 2022
U.S. FDA Advises Blood Community Regarding Monkeypox Virus The World Health Organization recently declared the current monkeypox epidemic a public health emergency. First identified in laboratory monkeys in… August 16, 2022
Updated FDA Guidance to Reduce Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued updated guidance to reduce the transfusion-related transmission risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease… June 1, 2022
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
Transfusion Transmitted Infections