West Nile blood concerns deepen.
Three other people have had a contract West Nile virus through blood transfusion, deepening concerns about the safety of the blood supply to the nation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
The discoveries bring the potential total to five cases in four countries, more than 1200 miles.
The patients live in areas where mosquitoes are the spread of the virus, and there is no test, which may be different, as they were infected. But the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration began to discuss measures that federal agencies to reduce the risk of a spread of others, including a temporary ban on blood from certain geographic areas or groups.
“In no case at this time, it is believed that the transfusion of transferring the virus,” said Dr. Jesse Goodman, deputy director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. “Upon the FDA We are very concerned about this. Thus, it is essential to the CDC. We are preparing as if it could be a real problem and we hope that this is not “.
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