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Adding a piece to the puzzle of Latin American blood donors and the potential risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Germany

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
IntroductionChagas disease (CD) is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) infection and has become a global health concern due to population mobility, as well as non-vectorial transmission routes.
Julian Ullrich, Lutz Guertler, Ernst Quenzel, Franz Weinauer, Dieter Rößler, Ulrich Kalus, Axel Pruß, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Michael Pritsch, Michael Pritsch   +9 more
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Control de la enfermedad de Chagas en bancos de sangre de Colombia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2002
Los objetivos del estudio fueron el análisis de la cobertura del programa de tamizaje para Trypanosoma cruzi en bancos de sangre de Colombia, sus estrategias en cuanto a las técnicas utilizadas, las acciones con los donantes positivos y dar algunas ...
Markus Behrend, Mauricio Beltrán, Marcos Restrepo, Axel Kroeger   +3 more
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Banking or Bankrupting: Strategies for Sustaining the Economic Future of Public Cord Blood Banks. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2015
Background Cord blood is an important source of stem cells. However, nearly 90% of public cord blood banks have declared that they are struggling to maintain their financial sustainability and avoid bankruptcy.
Magalon J, Maiers M, Kurtzberg J, Navarrete C, Rubinstein P, Brown C, Schramm C, Larghero J, Katsahian S, Chabannon C, Picard C, Platz A, Schmidt A, Katz G.   +13 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transfusion practice: Experience of a tertiary healthcare hospital from Sousse, Tunisia

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2021
Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic created a global health crisis with a multisector disruption, particularly in blood transfusion services where restrictive measures unsettled the blood supply.
Salma Riahi, Lamia Ifa, Sihem Boukadida, Meriem Heni, Nihel Haddad, Mahdi Smida, Amina Bouatay   +6 more
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A cost analysis of public cord blood banks belonging to the Italian Cord Blood Network. [PDF]

Blood Transfus, 2018
BACKGROUND Public cord blood banking is currently managed in Italy by a network of 19 regional cord blood banks coordinated by the National Blood Centre and the National Transplant Centre.
Pupella S, Bianchi M, Ceccarelli A, Calteri D, Lombardini L, Giornetti A, Marano G, Franchini M, Grazzini G, Liumbruno GM.   +9 more
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Assessment of performance of professionals in immunohematology proficiency tests of the public blood bank network of the state of Minas Gerais

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2012
BACKGROUND: Despite significant advances, the practice of blood transfusion is still a complex process and subject to risks. Factors that influence the safety of blood transfusion include technical skill and knowledge in hemotherapy mainly obtained by ...
Stela Brener, Ângela Melgaço Ferreira, Ricardo Vilas Freire de Carvalho, Marcele Cunha Ribeiro do Valle, Helio Moraes-Souza   +4 more
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The impact of COVID-19 of blood donations and blood components usage in Ceará, Brazil

Baghdad Journal of Biochemistry and Applied Biological Sciences, 2023
With increase cases of Coronavirus disease in Brazil and the virus propagation around the world, several health sectors were negatively affected, including hemotherapy services and generating a decrease in blood donation.
Deymisson Damitene Martins Feitosa, Felipe Pantoja Mesquita, Franklin José Cândido Santos, Luciana Maria de Barros Carlos, Vânia Barreto Aguiar Ferreira Gomes, Jannison Karly Cavalcante Ribeiro, PEDRO EEVERSON ALEXANDRE DE AQUINO   +6 more
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Prevalencia de la infección con el virus linfotrópico de células T humanas de tipo 1 y 2 en donantes de sangre en Colombia, 2001-2014: implicaciones sobre la seguridad de la transfusión

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2016
Introducción. El virus linfotrópico de células T humanas (HTLV) de tipos 1 y 2 ocasiona trastornos clínicos asociados a enfermedades degenerativas y proliferativas.
María Isabel Bermúdez-Forero, Maritza Berrío-Pérez, Andrea Magally Herrera-Hernández, Magda Juliana Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Sandra García-Blanco, Guillermo Orjuela-Falla, Mauricio Beltrán   +6 more
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SHTLV-I/II seroprevalence in blood donors of Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe Blood Bank during the period 2014-2015

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018
Introduction: The human-T cell lymphotropic virus is a retrovirus with various types known so far. HTLV-I and HTLV-II are of clinically importance as they cause different diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, tropical spastic paraparesis, and ...
Manuela Muñoz, Santiago Carvalho, Jorge Hernando Donado, Gloria Eugenia Barco, Sergio Jaramillo   +4 more
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Infection control practices in blood banks of Pakistan.

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit, 2019
Background Implementation of infection control standards in blood banks is important to prevent transmission of blood-borne infections such as HIV, hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. No study from Pakistan evaluated the infection control practices in the blood
Safia Bibi, T. Siddiqui, S. Jafry, W. Ahmed   +3 more
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