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AABB Annual Meeting and TXPO 2009
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Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases: Retroviruses
Track : Oral Abstract Presentations
Program Code: 010A
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM  EST
Location: 391
Description

OBJECTIVES:
  • Review trends in prevalence, incidence and residual risk of transfusion transmitted HIV and HCV

  • Assess the difficulties and low odds of linking current suspected cases of transfusion-transmitted HIV infection to blood donors.
  • Recognize profiles of test seeking blood donors and those using a confidential use exclusion option in Brazil.
  • Review a proposed novel role of the histo-blood group Pk as HIV resistance factor.
  • Discuss the performance of a 3-stage HTLV-I/II antibody testing algorithm for blood donor screening and hear new epidemiological data linking HTLV-II infection to increased mortality from all-causes and from cancer.


CE CategoryCE Value
California Clinical Laboratory Personnel 1.5
California Nurse 1.8
Florida Laboratory Personnel 1.8
General Attendee 1.5
Physician 1.5
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