It is feared Brazil is facing a ‘hidden epidemic’ of transfusion-transmitted infections - Jamie Lorriman Blood donors should be screened for dengue during large outbreaks, health workers have ...

Blood donors should be screened for dengue during large outbreaks, health workers have warned, amid concerns Brazil is facing a “hidden epidemic” of transfusion-transmitted infections.

In the developed world, most of the reported complications of transfusion have an immunological basis. Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion ...

Residual risk (of transfusion-transmitted infection) is, very simply, the risk of an infectious donation being present in the blood supply after all of the donor and donation screening activities ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s health minister said Thursday the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in ...

They emphasize the vulnerability of thalassemia patients to transfusion-transmitted infections and the need for comprehensive prevention and management strategies. She highlighted that whilst NAT ...

Health experts said the Congolese government is on alert over the disease and that more details should come in the next two ...

He added that there are many things that are still unknown about the disease — including whether it is infectious and how it is transmitted ... due to lack of blood transfusion and 17 as ...