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  • Title: [Cytomegalovirus diagnosis in blood donors and risk patients].
    Author: Sibrowski W, Kühnl P, Kalmar G, Albert S, Böhm BO, Doerr HW.
    Journal: Beitr Infusionsther; 1990; 26():37-9. PubMed ID: 1703874.
    Abstract:
    The transfusion transmitted CMV is a possibly dangerous complication of transfusion therapy in immunodeficient patients. We therefore investigated blood donors and patients at increased risk of CMV-infection for CMV-IgG-and-IgM-antibodies. The following CMV IgG and CMV IgM prevalence rates were observed: blood donors 63.7% (0.98%), organ donors 76.9% (0%), patients on hemodialysis 83.0% (17.0%) and drug abusers 57.7% (1.3%). We conclude from our results that CMV IgG testing is useful at every blood donation to provide a large pool of CMV negative blood donors.
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