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Canada's Blood Suppliers 

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 Provinces 

British Columbia (PDF)

BC Update for WNV and the Blood Supply (28 Aug. 2009)

BC Action Plan for West Nile Virus and the Blood Supply - 2009

Update: BC Action Plan for WNV and the Blood Supply (26 June 2009)

USA

AABB

2009 WNV Biovigilance Network

WNV viremic blood donor activity

2008 WNV Biovigilance Network

CDC - WNV homepage

CDC: West Nile Virus Transmission via Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion – Louisiana, 2008  (MMWR 2009 Nov 20;58(45):1263–7)

WNV statistics, surveillance, and control maps

USA - CDC: WNV viremic blood donor activity (2008)

Updated Q & A on transfusion, organ donation, and donor screening

Statistics & Surveillance
Literature

PDF Katz LM. Transfusion safety in the 21st century: how tightly should the blood community close the window(s)? (editorial) J Infect Dis 2008 Nov 1;198(9):1258-61. (free full text)

PDFRios M, Daniel S, Dayton AI, Wood O, Hewlett IK, Epstein JS, et al. In vitro evaluation of the protective role of human antibodies to West Nile Virus (WNV) produced during natural WNV infection. J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 1;198(9):1300-8. (free full text)

 

 News

USA: Florida Supreme Court to decide WNV blood transfusion death case (4 Dec. 2008)

Canada: West Nile rates soar in 2007

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