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Changes in France’s Blood Donation Policy for Men Who Have Sex with Men - Editorial
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Non-compliance with blood donation eligibility criteria - Complidon 2017, France
The screening of blood donors, which consists of a questionnaire and a pre-donation interview, helps exclude donors who may pose a risk of transfusion-transmissible infections....
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Future expansion of blood donation eligibility to men who have sex with men in France: What impact will this have on the risk of HIV transmission through blood transfusion?
Prior to July 10, 2016, men who have sex with men (MSM) were permanently excluded from donating blood. Since that date, they have been eligible to donate blood if they have not engaged...
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In July 2016, blood donation was opened up to men who have sex with men: no impact on transfusion-related risk for HIV, HBV, and HCV
Since July 10, 2016, men who have sex with men (MSM) have been permitted to donate whole blood if they have not had sex with another man in the past 12 months. This article presents a...
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Transfusion of labile blood products infected with HIV despite negative screening results
Background - In France, the risk of HIV transmission through blood transfusion has been substantially reduced by the introduction of pooled viral genomic screening (MP-DGV) in 2001,...
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Support from the French Blood Establishment for the revision of blood donor selection criteria - Focus
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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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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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Residual risk of HIV, HCV, and HBV transmission through blood transfusion in France between 1992 and 2002 and the impact of viral genomic testing
The objective of this article is to analyze trends in the residual risk of HIV transmission, HCV, and HBV, over nine three-year periods from 1992–1994 to 1999–2002 and, for HIV and HCV,...
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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...
