Emerging Infectious Disease Issues in Blood Safety

Emerging infectious disease issues in blood safety.

Improvements in donor screening and testing and viral inactivation of plasma derivatives together have resulted in substantial declines in transfusion-transmitted infections over the last two decades. Most recently, nucleic acid testing techniques have been developed to screen blood and plasma donations for evidence of very recent viral infections that could be missed by conventional serologic ...

Emerging Issues in Water and Infectious Disease

Emerging Issues in Water and Infectious Disease

Emerging Infectious Agents and Blood Safety in Latin America

Historically, emerging infectious agents have been an important driving force toward the enhancement of blood safety, illustrated by the sharp reduction in the transmission of infectious agents by blood transfusion after human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics. In general, Latin American (LATAM) countries have introduced screening for microorganisms with proven blood transmission with some...

Emerging Issues in Food Safety

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