conclusions we found acceptable short-term survival in both groups; however, living donor recipients continue to have better long-term patient and graft survival rates. results although there were no significant differences in one-year survival rates of patient and graft between study groups, three-years survival rates of patient and graft were significantly longer in living donor kidney transp...

An increase in the frequency of blood donation among the donor population is liable to result in excessive iron loss and development of iron deficiency anemia. In the majority of blood banks, hemoglobin and/or hematocrit measurements are used as screening tests for the ability to donate blood even though iron stores may be depleted in donors with hemoglobin values above the arbitrarily defi...

Because passage of the bacterium to blood is a crucial step in the pathogenesis of many group B Streptococcus (GBS) invasive infections, we recently conducted a whole-genome transcriptome analysis during GBS incubation ex vivo with human blood. In the current work, we sought to analyze in detail the difference in GBS gene expression that occurred in one blood sample (donor A) relative to other ...

Dengue viruses (DENV 1-4) are a risk to transfusion safety, with several transfusion-transmitted (TT) cases reported globally. DENV 1-4 are endemic in over 100 countries, with seasonal outbreaks occurring in northeastern Australia. To mitigate TT-DENV risk in Australia, fresh blood components are not manufactured from donors returning from any area (domestic/overseas) with known dengue transmis...

Evaluation of trends in the rate of infectious diseases of blood donors is essential for monitoring safety of blood supply and effective screening of donors. Transfusion records of blood donors who attended the Center between 2002 and 2005 were reviewed for positive cases of HBS (by ELISA), HIV (by Western Blot) and HCV (by ELISA). During 2002–05, 507,531 persons donated blood. The prevalence r...

BACKGROUND Data on blood donor status obtained from general surveys and health interview surveys have been widely used. However, the integrity of data on self-reported blood donor status from surveys may be threatened by sampling and non-sampling error. Our study aimed to compare self-reported blood donors (including one-time as well as regular donors) from the Swiss Health Survey 2012 (SHS) wi...

The Sibling Donor Cord Blood (SDCB) Program was initiated in 1998 as a resource to collect, characterize, and release cord blood units (CBUs) from families affected by malignant and nonmalignant disorders for transplantation. Families in the United States were recruited by telephone after referrals by community and academic physicians. Collection kits were mailed to prospective participants and...

Background: Blood component transfusions are common, often life-saving therapies, however they sometimes (0.2–10% ) result in adverse reactions (ARs). The study aim was to analyse AR frequency and relation transfusion patients treated with blood components as well present recipient, donor, factors that induce ARs. Material methods: retrospective analysis included 650 cases of ARs following whic...