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Is dual testing for hepatitis C necessary? Modelling the risk of removing hepatitis C antibody testing for Australian blood donations by Roy Choudhury, Avijoy, Hoad, Veronica C., Seed, Clive, Bentley, Peter

“…Background and Objectives Parallel testing of blood donations for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody and HCV RNA by nucleic acid testing (NAT) has been standard…”
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An Outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Australia; What Is the Risk to Blood Safety? by Hoad, Veronica C, Kiely, Philip, Seed, Clive R, Viennet, Elvina, Gosbell, Iain B

“…A widespread outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) was detected in mainland Australia in 2022 in a previous non-endemic area. Given JEV is known to be…”
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Removing hepatitis C antibody testing for Australian blood donations: A cost‐effectiveness analysis by Cheng, Qinglu, Hoad, Veronica C., Roy Choudhury, Avijoy, Seed, Clive R., Bentley, Peter, Shih, Sophy T. F., Kwon, Jisoo A., Gray, Richard T., Wiseman, Virginia

“…Background and Objectives The risk of transfusion‐transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is extremely low in Australia. This study aims to conduct a…”
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Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Transmission by Styles, Claire E, Hoad, Veronica C, Denham-Ricks, Paula, Brown, Dianne, Seed, Clive R

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First reported case of transfusion‐transmitted Ross River virus infection by Hoad, Veronica C, Speers, David J, Keller, Anthony J, Dowse, Gary K, Seed, Clive R, Lindsay, Michael D A, Faddy, Helen M, Pink, Joanne

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SARS Coronavirus-2 Microneutralisation and Commercial Serological Assays Correlated Closely for Some but Not All Enzyme Immunoassays by Walker, Gregory J, Naing, Zin, Ospina Stella, Alberto, Yeang, Malinna, Caguicla, Joanna, Ramachandran, Vidiya, Isaacs, Sonia R, Agapiou, David, Bull, Rowena A, Stelzer-Braid, Sacha, Daly, James, Gosbell, Iain B, Hoad, Veronica C, Irving, David O, Pink, Joanne M, Turville, Stuart, Kelleher, Anthony D, Rawlinson, William D

“…Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies provides important research and diagnostic information relating to COVID-19 prevalence, incidence and…”
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Seroprevalence of antibodies to primate erythroparvovirus 1 (B19V) in Australia by Faddy, Helen M, Gorman, Elise C, Hoad, Veronica C, Frentiu, Francesca D, Tozer, Sarah, Flower, R L P

“…Primate erythroparvovirus 1 (B19V) is a globally ubiquitous DNA virus. Infection results in a variety of clinical presentations including erythema infectiosum…”
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Excluding Occult Hepatitis B Infection before Assigning False-Positive Status to Non-Repeatable NAT Reactivity: Concerning Stolz et al. “Safe-Testing Algorithm for Individual-Donation Nucleic Acid Testing: 10 Years of Experience in a Low-Prevalence Country” [Transfus Med Hemother. 2019 Apr;46(2):104–10] by Styles, Claire E., Cheng, Anthea, Hoad, Veronica C., Kiely, Philip, Watson, Michael, Seed, Clive R.

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Ross River virus in Australian blood donors: possible implications for blood transfusion safety by Faddy, Helen M., Tran, Thu V., Hoad, Veronica C., Seed, Clive R., Viennet, Elvina, Chan, Hiu‐Tat, Harley, Robert, Hewlett, Elise, Hall, Roy A., Bielefeldt‐Ohmann, Helle, Flower, Robert L.P., Prow, Natalie A.

“…BACKGROUND Emerging transfusion‐transmissible pathogens, including arboviruses such as West Nile, Zika, dengue, and Ross River viruses, are potential threats…”
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Hepatitis E virus seroepidemiology: a post-earthquake study among blood donors in Nepal by Shrestha, Ashish C, Flower, Robert L P, Seed, Clive R, Rajkarnikar, Manita, Shrestha, Shrawan K, Thapa, Uru, Hoad, Veronica C, Faddy, Helen M

“…As one of the causative agents of viral hepatitis, hepatitis E virus (HEV) has gained public health attention globally. HEV epidemics occur in developing…”
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Is Zika virus a potential threat to the Australian Blood Supply? by Watson‐Brown, Peter, Viennet, Elvina, Hoad, Veronica C., Flower, Robert L.P., Faddy, Helen M.

“…Zika virus (ZIKV) is the latest arbovirus demonstrated to be transfusion‐transmitted. In Australia, there is currently no evidence to suggest local…”
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Optimal malarial screening strategy in Australian blood donors: A cost‐effectiveness analysis by Cheng, Qinglu, Hoad, Veronica C., Bentley, Peter, Harley, Robert, Schenberg, Katia, Wiseman, Virginia

“…Background and Objectives The risk of transfusion‐transmitted malaria (TTM) infections is extremely low in Australia, and the cost‐effectiveness of the current…”
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Managing the risk of transfusion‐transmitted malaria from Australian blood donations: Recommendation of a new screening strategy by Schenberg, Katia, Hoad, Veronica C., Harley, Robert, Bentley, Peter

“…Background and Objectives To reduce the risk of transfusion‐transmitted malaria (TTM) from transfusible components, Australia tests for malaria antibodies in…”
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A donor safety evidence literature review of the short‐ and long‐term effects of plasmapheresis by Hoad, Veronica C., Castrén, Johanna, Norda, Rut, Pink, Joanne

“…Many blood establishments are expanding plasmapheresis collection capacity to achieve increasing plasma for fractionation volume targets, driven by…”
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Mpox outbreak in 2022: implications for blood component and donor human milk safety in Australia by Kiely, Philip, Hoad, Veronica C, Styles, Claire E, Gosbell, Iain B

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Has the frequency of ABO RhD blood groups in Australian blood donors changed as a result of the removal of the variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease‐based deferral? by Hirani, Rena, Hoad, Veronica C., Gosbell, Iain B., Irving, David O.

“…Background and Objectives Until 25 July 2022, Australians who had spent more than 6 months in the United Kingdom or territories between 1980 and 1996 were…”
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Perceived risk of HIV transmission by blood transfusion among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Australia by Gahan, Luke, Seed, Clive R., Hammoud, Mohamed A., Prestage, Garrett, Hoad, Veronica C., Kaldor, John M.

“…Background In Australia, men who have sex with men (MSM) are deferred from blood donation for 3 months from last sexual contact. Internationally, deferral…”
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2: implications for blood safety and sufficiency by Kiely, Philip, Hoad, Veronica C., Seed, Clive R., Gosbell, Iain B.

“…Background and Objective Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is a novel coronavirus, first identified in China at the end of 2019 and…”
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Comment on White paper on pandemic preparedness in the blood supply by Hoad, Veronica C., Kiely, Philip, Seed, Clive R., Gosbell, Iain B.

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False positive viral marker results in blood donors and their unintended consequences by Kiely, Philip, Hoad, Veronica C., Wood, Erica M.

“…False positive (FP) viral marker results in blood donors continue to pose many challenges. Informing donors of FP results and subsequent deferral can result in…”
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