Edmonton tackles shaken baby syndrome

H Kent - 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) hopes to be using a blood test to detect West Nile virus
(WNV) by next summer.“In Canada, it is unlikely that either the blood suppliers or the public …

Canada will check donor blood for West Nile virus if test available

B Sibbald - 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) hopes to be using a blood test to detect West Nile virus
(WNV) by next summer.“In Canada, it is unlikely that either the blood suppliers or the public …

[CITATION][C] Strategies for testing blood donors for West Nile virus

SL Stramer, B Custer, MP Busch, RY Dodd - Transfusion, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
he recognition that West Nile virus (WNV) was transmissible by transfusion led to the rapid
implementation of routine donor testing for viral RNA in the United States and Canada …

Update: West Nile virus screening of blood donations and transfusion-associated transmission--United States, 2003

Centers for Disease Control and … - MMWR. Morbidity …, 2004 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2002, transfusion-associated transmission (TAT) of West Nile virus (WNV) infection
acquired through blood transfusion marked the emergence of a new threat to the US blood …

The development of West Nile virus safety policies by Canadian blood services: guiding principles and a comparison between Canada and the United States

EC Vamvakas, S Kleinman, H Hume… - Transfusion Medicine …, 2006 - Elsevier
To address the emerging threat of West Nile virus (WNV) to the blood supply, Canadian
Blood Services (CBS) made a series of policy decisions that were either similar to those …

Investigation probes risk of contracting West Nile virus via blood transfusions

J Stephenson - JAMA, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
EVEN AS THE 2002 WEST NILE VI-rus (WNV) epidemic is expected to wind down for the
season, researchers are pressing on with efforts to determine whether the virus can be …

Transfusion-associated transmission of West Nile virus--Arizona, 2004

Centers for Disease Control and … - MMWR. Morbidity …, 2004 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Blood transfusion-associated transmission (TAT) of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United
States was first identified in 2002. In 2003, blood collection agencies (BCAs) responded by …

[PDF][PDF] Update: investigations of West Nile virus infections in recipients of organ transplantation and blood transfusion—Michigan, 2002

CDC Advisory - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2002 - ubuntu2.cica.es
CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), and state and local health departments continue to investigate West …

[HTML][HTML] Fatal West Nile virus infection after probable transfusion-associated transmission—Colorado, 2012

S Kelly, TN Le, JA Brown, EW Lawaczek… - … and Mortality Weekly …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted to humans primarily by infected mosquitoes. However,
WNV also can be transmitted through infected blood products or solid organs (1). Since …

Keeping blood transfusion safe from West Nile virus: American Red Cross experience, 2003 to 2012

RY Dodd, GA Foster, SL Stramer - Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
West Nile virus (WNV) appeared for the first time in the United States in 1999 and rapidly
spread across the Western hemisphere within a few years causing hundreds of thousands of …