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Transfusion-transmissible diseases 

 
Blajchman MA, Goldman M, Freedman JJ, Sher GD. Proceedings of a consensus conference: prevention of post-transfusion CMV in the era of universal leukoreduction. Transfus Med Rev. 2001 Jan;15(1):1-20.

Callum JL, Coovadia AS, Thomson A, Dewsbury F, Pinkerton PH. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease targeted lookback. Transfusion 1999 May;39(5):540-1. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]

Laupacis A, Brown J, Costello B, Delage G, Freedman J, Hume H, et al. Prevention of posttransfusion CMV in the era of universal WBC reduction: a consensus statement. Transfusion. 2001 Apr;41(4):560-9. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]

Preiksaitis JK, Desai S, Vaudry W, Roberts S, Akabutu J, Grundy P, et al. Transfusion- and community-acquired cytomegalovirus infection in children with malignant disease: a prospective study. Transfusion 1997 Sep;37(9):941-6. [ Medline ]

Regan FAM, Hewitt P, John A J Barbara JAJ, Contreras M. Prospective investigation of transfusion transmitted infection in recipients of over 20 000 units of blood. Br Med J 2000;320: 403-6.

Snyder EL, Dodd RY. Reducing the risk of blood transfusion. Hematology (Am Soc Hematol Educ Program) 2001 Jan;:433-42.

PAHO. Strengthening blood banks in the Americas. June 1999 (pdf file)

WHO. Blood safety resources

WHO. South East Asia blood transfusion issues.

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