Evolution of the residual risk of HBV, HCV and HIV transmission through blood transfusion in the Region of Valencia, Spain, during a 15-year period (2003-2017).

DISCUSSION: The current risk of TTVI is very low in the Region of Valencia. In the last 15 years, there has been a reduction in the donor incidence rate and in the residual risk for the case of HBV; such a reduction cannot be confirmed for HCV and HIV. Consideration of the three viruses jointly confirms a reduction in the residual risk; we are unable to establish whether the evolution of the joint incidence rate has contributed to this reduction or whether it is due only to the shortening of window periods. PMID: 31403928 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Blood Transfusion - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Blood Transfus Source Type: research