The Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Viral Infections
Open Access
- 27 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (26), 1685-1690
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199606273342601
Abstract
Accurate estimates of the risk of transfusion-transmitted infectious disease are essential for monitoring the safety of the blood supply and evaluating the potential effect of new screening tests. We estimated the risk of transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV), the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) from screened blood units donated during the window period following a recent, undetected infection.Keywords
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