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Postponement of blood donations from men who have sex with men: impact on the risk of HIV transmission in France between 2008 and 2010.
Background In France, men who have sex with men (MSM) are permanently deferred from donating blood. This measure, viewed by some as discriminatory, is the subject of public debate....
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Estimation of the number of blood donors in the preclinical stage of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in France
Introduction. A case-control study recently showed that recipients of blood transfusions may have an increased risk of developing sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), suggesting...
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Modeling the Risk of Hepatitis A Virus Transmission Through Blood Transfusion
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Assessing an emerging transfusion risk: the example of HEV
Objective: Transfusion risk assessment is an essential step that must precede any screening strategy for a transfusion-transmissible pathogen. Following the occurrence of several cases...
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The Effectiveness of Blood Transfusion Safety Measures Regarding HTLV in 2014
In industrialized countries, at a time when the viral safety of blood products has reached an all-time high, and when efforts to control public spending regularly prompt discussions...
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Surveillance of Syphilis Among Blood Donors in Metropolitan France, 2009–2011
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The risk of screening out anemic blood donors and the effectiveness of pre-donation hemoglobin testing in France in 2010
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Background and social perceptions of blood donation among donors who tested positive for HIV in France.
Background: In France, data collected during post-donation follow-up visits indicate that a majority of HIV-infected blood donors should have been deferred because they did not meet the...
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Review of Compliance with Blood Donor Selection Criteria Two Years After Their Revision
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Seroprevalence of measles and rubella among young adult blood donors in France, 2013
As part of the evaluation of the French plan for the elimination of measles and rubella, we conducted a seroprevalence survey in 2013 to update seroprevalence data for people aged 18–32....
