Infectious diseases and the impact on transfusion medicine: a historical review and lessons for the future

This study aims to review historically the principal infectious diseases transmitted through the blood that circulated worldwide in the 20th and 21st centuries, considering the impact on the blood banks. Despite the current blood bank control of transfusion risks and the hemovigilance improvements, transmitted and emerging infections can still compromise the blood bank supply, as we have witnessed during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, new pathogens will continue emerging, and we must be prepared for the future.PMID:37328129 | DOI:10.1016/j.tracli.2023.06.004
Source: Transfusion Clinique et Biologique - Category: Hematology Authors: Source Type: research