title: [Transfusions of blood and blood products and virus infections].
abstract: Transfusions of blood and blood products are commonly used in medicine, but being biological materials they carry a risk of transmitting infections--viral, bacterial, parasitic, as well as prions. Laboratory tests used for screening of donated blood for viral infections at present cannot detect all infectious units. Criteria for selection of blood donors therefore must be very strict, while methods of inactivation of viruses and laboratory assays for detection of their presence must be improved. Indications for blood transfusion should be restricted.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej Akademii Medycznej, Warszawie.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wróblewska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piotrowska
authors.forename: MirosŁaw
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: ĺuczak
mesh_terms: D016913:Blood Component Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000145:classification; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*