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The prevalence of viral markers among unpaid blood donors in Europe declined between 1990 and 1996. Eurosynthèse
In Europe, nonprofit plasma fractionation organizations believe that standardized epidemiological data collection and analysis is a key public health issue. These organizations are...
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Quantitative estimation of the risk of blood donation contamination by infectious agents
The presence of asymptomatic shedding of certain infectious agents poses a risk of transmission during blood transfusion. While this risk is currently well controlled for certain...
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Epidemiological surveillance of homologous blood donors and residual risk in France between 2003 and 2005. Regular surveillance reports - Infectious diseases
Introduction - The national epidemiological surveillance of blood donors aims to monitor the prevalence and incidence of bloodborne infections (HIV, HTLV, HCV, and HBV), identify risk...
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Access to blood donation for men who have sex with men and the impact on the risk of HIV transmission through transfusion: an international review
As early as 1983, in many countries, men who have sex with men were permanently barred from donating blood because they were considered to be at high risk of HIV infection. Since the...
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Epidemiological surveillance of allogeneic blood donors in France between 1992 and 2002
Epidemiological surveillance of blood donors began in France in 1985 with the introduction of mandatory HIV screening for blood donations. The purpose of this report is to present all...
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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses, HIV, and HTLV among candidates for scheduled autologous transfusions in France, 1993–2000
Epidemiological surveillance of candidates for autologous transfusion was established in France in 1993. The number of candidates increased steadily between 1993 and 1997 and then...
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Epidemiological surveillance of allogeneic blood donors in France between 2001 and 2003. National Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, 2001–2003
Key points: - Prevalence rates remained stable over the 2001–2003 period: 0.60 per 104 new donors for HIV, 8.0 per 104 for HCV, 1.8 per 104 for HBsAg, and 0.56 per 104 for HTLV. -...
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Epidemiological surveillance of homologous blood donors and residual risk in France between 2001 and 2003
National epidemiological surveillance of blood donors is conducted by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and the National Reference Center (CNR) for Hepatitis B...
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Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Transfusion Serological Screening in France in 2001
HIV and HCV screening for recipients of labile blood products was recommended in France in 1996 by a ministerial circular. Conducted prior to transfusion and within the following four...
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Quantitative Estimation of the Risk of Blood Donation Contamination by Infectious Agents. Working Group of Afssaps, EFS, INTS, and InVS
The presence of asymptomatic shedding of certain infectious agents in the bloodstream poses a risk of transmission of these agents during blood transfusions. While this risk is currently...
