NR ACLU
AU Chamberland,M.E.
TI Surveillance for transfusion-transmitted viral infections in the United States
QU Biologicals 1998 Jun; 26(2): 85-8
PT journal article
AB Surveillance is part of a multi-faceted programme to monitor the safety of the U. S. blood supply. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administers several national surveillance programmes, including pathogen- and disease-specific systems (e.g. human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis) and programmes that focus on donors and recipients of blood and plasma products (e.g. persons with haemophilia). Data collected in these systems can be used to monitor temporal and epidemiological trends, identify risk factors for infection, facilitate identification and investigation of potential outbreaks, and evaluate intervention and prevention strategies.
MH Blood Donors; Blood Transfusion/*adverse effects; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmission; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control; HIV Infections/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmission; Hemophilia A/epidemiology/therapy; Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmission; Human; Risk Factors; Safety; United States/epidemiology; Virus Diseases/epidemiology/*prevention & control/*transmission
AD Centers for Disease and Prevention, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
SP englisch
PO England