and the dengue virus fluorogenic quantitative PCR. Although we did not collect the neonate's cord blood samples which could act as a direct evidence of vertical transmission, the clinical ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a series of genetic blood abnormalities. Due to hemoglobin damage, your red blood cells (RBCs) lose their adaptable donut shape and adopt a "C" shape. These cells become ...

aDepartment of Health Metric Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA bDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington ...

Although studies have highlighted some connections between climate change, transfusion-transmissible infections, and blood safety ... also projected to intensify the transmission of other vector-borne ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel advisory for Mexico and 19 other countries due to a ...

The majority of these infants receive transfusions of packed red blood cells, usually based on haemoglobin values below a certain threshold. The haemoglobin or haematocrit thresholds used to guide ...

In addition to the improved system of quality control in WBC counting, use of these filters has rendered the potential risk of CMV transmission in blood components negligible. Currently ...

In addition to the well-known Aedes-borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, other arboviruses have spread throughout the country and constitute a continuous public health concern. We ...

Although cell-free viral particles do exist and circulate during primary infection or viral reactivation, they are not considered a major mechanism for transfusion transmission. This is particularly ...

A pregnant woman in Jaipur died after allegedly receiving the wrong blood type at SMS Hospital, marking the third such incident since February 2024. Chaina, admitted with low haemoglobin and ...

In this document we present recommendations from the Infectious Diseases Committee of the Brazilian Association of Hematology, Blood Transfusion and Cell Therapy (ABHH) for the management of febrile ...

The dengue virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae, is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and causes a viral disease known as dengue fever that is prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. It is ...