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Abstract Presentations from the AABB Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA, October 24–27, 2015
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Nearly of US residents travel abroad yearly,
often to destinations with risk for infections not endemic in the US. Dengue and chikungunya …,
given the lack of data on the travel patterns of donors and the interval between travel and …,
Successful donors at centers representing ≈ of the US blood supply were asked to complete aymous,
self-administered surveys about recent travel. Comparable data were captured by a paper survey in …,
donors completed the summer of survey Over,
with .% reporting travel outside the US and Canada ≤ d before donation. Mexico and Caribbean …,
donors with minimal travel to Central or South America. A deferral of d is estimated to …,
with reporting foreign travel and . reporting travel to the Americas within dof donation .,
The size of the donor population subject to a tropical deferral policy is potentially several-…,
Canada,
and Western Europe might impact - of presenting donors on an annualized basis,
with modest regional variation. The impact would be mitigated by careful education of donors to …
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/trf.13294
Subject(s) - medicine
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