More than 3 million blood donations are made each year in France. Demand is constantly rising, particularly due to increased life expectancy. The donation of blood and blood components...

Introduction. The objectives of the national epidemiological surveillance of blood donors are to monitor the prevalence and incidence of blood-borne infections (HIV, HTLV, HCV, and HBV),...

Introduction. Surveillance of the diversity of HIV, HBV, and HCV viruses in blood donors (BDs) is conducted at the laboratory affiliated with the National Reference Centers (NRCs) for...

Preventing the risk of human-to-human transmission of emerging or re-emerging pathogens in products of human origin is a concern for health authorities. Traditionally, these infectious...

Background In France, men who have sex with men (MSM) are permanently deferred from donating blood. This measure, viewed by some as discriminatory, is the subject of public debate....

Introduction. A case-control study recently showed that recipients of blood transfusions may have an increased risk of developing sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), suggesting...

Objective: Transfusion risk assessment is an essential step that must precede any screening strategy for a transfusion-transmissible pathogen. Following the occurrence of several cases...

In industrialized countries, at a time when the viral safety of blood products has reached an all-time high, and when efforts to control public spending regularly prompt discussions...

As part of the evaluation of the French plan for the elimination of measles and rubella, we conducted a seroprevalence survey in 2013 to update seroprevalence data for people aged 18–32....