title: [Blood donor selection in providing anticytomegalovirus-negative blood components].
abstract: Sera of 1731 blood donors of the Ulm blood bank were screened for cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies. Prevalence of these antibodies was 37%. The seroconversion rate among 1090 anti-CMV-negative blood donors was 13 per thousand per year for the whole donor population over a period of 27 months and depended on age. It was 16 per thousand per year for donors aged 18-40 years, but only 7 per thousand for those over 41 years old. Seropositivity was higher in women than men. To provide anti-CMV-negative blood requires a prescreened anti-CMV-negative donor group and the rescreening of each further donated blood component.
authors.affiliation: DRK-Blutspendezentrale Ulm und Abteilung Transfusionsmedizin der Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koerner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freudenberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kubanek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M
vernacular_title: Blutspenderauswahl zur Bereitstellung von anti-Cytomegalievirus-negativen Blutkomponenten.