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Background and Aim: The role of the newly described transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV), a circular single-stranded DNA virus, has been investigated in acute liver disease, comprising 36 patients ...

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Finally, the report evaluates transfusion-transmitted infections, immune evasion via M segment variations, and potential neurological and congenital outcomes.

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POWV can rarely be transmitted through blood transfusion. People with confirmed POWV infection should not donate blood for 120 days (4 months) after their illness. POWV infections temporally ...

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Such a product will reduce considerably the risk of transfusion–transmitted infections. In addition to products derived from human platelets, there are substitutes that are not platelet–derived.

There is a need to secure a safer supply of blood products, especially in developing countries where there is a higher risk of transfusion-transmitted infection.

However, our data here indicate that fibrinogen-coated albumin microcapsules may be an effective new replacement therapy for platelet transfusion in the management of thrombocytopenia.