Moreover, recent studies have indicated that co-infection with STH may affect the occurrence of lepra reactions at diagnosis. In endemic regions where both infections coexist, immune reconstitution ...

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 ...

Although the issue of transfusion-transmitted infection may seem to be fairly clear-cut - the transfusion transmission of any infectious agent is always a serious situation - the resultant ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidelines for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), notably for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, ...

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 ...

Synthesis and Multidisciplinary Preclinical Investigations of Ferrocenyl, Ruthenocenyl, and Benzyl Derivatives of Thiabendazole as New Drug Candidates against Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections ...

Blood transfusion is the cornerstone of effective healthcare and emergency responses, said Saima Wazed, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia on Friday, ahead of the World Blood Donor Day.

Due to the high transfusion volume, polytransfused patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta-thalassemia are constantly exposed to parenterally transmitted infections. Currently, we have little ...

Further, Wazed stated that all blood collected in the SE region is screened for transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) and tested for the necessary serological parameters.

Twenty-five Auckland City Hospital patients have been wrongly told they have a sexually transmitted infection in the past three weeks - and six of them still do not know it was a mistake. Health NZ/Te ...