Negligible Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) is a fatal and rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disorder caused by misfolded proteins, or prions, in the… August 10, 2017
Risk of Hepatitis E Virus Positive Blood Donations Low in Canada Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in many resource-limited settings. HEV infection is usually asymptomatic; however, it can cause severe… June 14, 2017
Stored Whole Blood Treated with Pathogen Reduction Acceptable for Transfusion Pathogen reduction technology (PRT) hold promise for eliminating many known and emerging pathogens in donated blood and thus preventing transfusion… April 19, 2017
Zika-Positive Blood Donations Can Be Inactivated Using Pathogen Inactivation Technologies Emerging infections, such as the Zika virus (ZIKV), continue to surface due to global travel, migration, and the spread of… February 15, 2017
Screening for Babesia microti Decreases the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections Babesia microti is a tick-borne pathogen responsible for babesiosis—a malaria-like hemolytic disease. Currently, there is not a licensed screening test… December 14, 2016
Mandatory Blood Screening to Prevent Transfusion-Transmission of Zika Virus Two platelet transfusion recipients acquired the Zika virus from their transfusions, as recently reported in The New England Journal of… August 29, 2016
New Drug for Leishmaniasis, Chagas Disease and Sleeping Sickness Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and sleeping sickness are transfusion-transmitted diseases. These diseases affect more than 20 million people annually in Latin… August 18, 2016
Leukoreduction Alone May Be Sufficient to Prevent Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus Infection in Preterm Infants Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common and typically asymptomatic among healthy individuals, but it can be life-threatening in immunodeficient patients… August 10, 2016
FDA Recommends Screening Blood for Zika Virus in South Florida after Reports of Local Transmission Last week, the Florida Health Department reported four local mosquito-borne cases of Zika virus in South Florida. Currently, officials believe… August 1, 2016
Transfusions and Hospital IV Injections Likely Contributed to the Spread of HIV and Other Blood-borne Viruses in Africa Although the exact source and factors leading to the HIV pandemic are unclear, it has been suggested that iatrogenic transmission,… July 13, 2016
Transfusion Transmitted Infections