No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 transfusion transmission despite RNA detection in blood donors showing symptoms after donation

Blood. 2020 Oct 15;136(16):1888-1891. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020008230.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Blood Donors*
  • Blood Transfusion
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronavirus Infections / blood
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / blood
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • RNA, Viral