PostersISBT2006PostersTOPIC 01.2TOPIC 01.2P-067 SEROLOGICAL MARKERS FOR HBV INFECTION IN PORTUGUESEBLOOD DONORSM. Queiros, C. Carvalho, S. Neto, J. Leal, P Mota, C. Moreira, C. Castro (IPS Centro Regionaldo Porto, Porto, Portugal)P-075 SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR MARKERS OF HEPATITIS B VIRUSIN SPANISH BLOOD DONORS: EVIDENCE OF OCCULT HEPATITIS BS. Sauleda, R.M. Maymo, M. Piron, D. Candotti, J.P. Allain, J.M. Hernandez, L.l. Puig,N. Casamitjana (Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain)P-068 EVALUATION OF THE COBAS TAQSCREEN MPX TEST FOR THESIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF HCV, HBV, HIV-1 GROUP M, HIV-1 GROUPO AND HIV-2. EXPERIENCE OF THE PORTO REGIONAL BLOOD CENTREL. Queiros, A. Tender, A. Aguiar, J. Azevedo (Centro Regional de Sangue do Porto, Porto,Portugal)P-076 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV, HCV AND HBV INFECTIONS IN ABOUT 1.4MILLION VOLUNTARY, NON-REMUNERATED BLOOD DONATIONS OF THEGERMAN RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR SERVICE BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG-HESSEN IN THE YEAR 2005.E. Schellenberg, S. Findhammer, K. Frank, K. Gubbe, A. Karl, G. Geusendam, A. Vosberg,T. Dengler, U. Mayr-Wohlfahrt, M. Loehr, E. Gruenelt, M. Schmidt, W. Sireis, E. Seifried(Red Cross <strong>Blood</strong> Donor Service Ba-Wue-He, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)76P-069 THE IMPORTANCE OF NEOPTERIN TESTING FOR DIAGNOSTICSA. Ragimov, N. Dashkova, N. Nikishova (National Research Center of Surgery, Moscow,Russian Federation)P-070 ANTI-HBC TESTING OF BLOOD DONORS IN INDIA - VALUE ANDFOLLOW-UP STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE BLOOD SAFETY WITH MINIMUMLOSSESH. Ranganathan, J. Diment, K. Kulathu, N. Iyer (Global Hospital, Hyderabad, India)P-071 HCV INFECTION IN MULTI-TRANSFUSED AND PUTATIVEIMMUNO-COMPROMISED PATIENTS IN ARGENTINAM.C.R. Remesar, C. Gamba, S. Oknaian, M. Batalla, A.E. Del Pozo (Hospital de PediatriaGarrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina)P-072 EVALUATION OF A NEW HCV COMBINATION ASSAY INTHE TAIWANESE BLOOD DONOR POPULATIONC. Rodgers, K.T. Lin, Y.W. Wu, Y.J. Lee, J.W. Chen, K.C. Lin (Abbott Laboratories, Dart<strong>for</strong>d,United Kingdom)P-073 EVALUATION AND ONE-YEAR EXPERIENCE USING HCV NAT BASEDON NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE-BASED AMPLIFICATION FOR SCREENINGBLOOD DONATIONS IN ARGENTINAE. Rodriguez, A. Guichón, M.E. Acevedo, L. Tomasone, R.J. Fernández (FundaciónHemocentro Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)P-074 MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HCV IN PORTUGALS.S. Sargento, A.M. Almeida, C. Ferreira, E. Silva, P. Neto, C. Colaborators (Hospitais daUniversidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)P-077 ANTI-HBC SCREENING OF BLOOD DONORS - A COMPARISON OFSEVEN ANTI-HBC SCREENING ASSAYSM.S. Schmidt, M.K. Hourfar, A. Vosberg, T. Dengler, K. Janetzko, K. Gubbe, K. Frank, A. Karl,M. Loehr, E. Gruenelt, W. Sireis, W.K. Roth, E. Seifried, G. Geusendam (German Red CrossInstitute Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)P-078 IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-HBC-TESTING INTO BLOOD DONORSCREENING IN GERMANYM.S. Schmidt, M.K. Hourfar, A. Vosberg, T. Dengler, K. Janetzko, K. Gubbe, K. Frank, A. Karl,M. Loehr, E. Gruenelt, W. Sireis, E. Seifried, G. Geusendam (German Red Cross InstituteFrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)P-079 PREVALENCE OF ANTI-HBC ANTIBODIES IN SWISS BLOOD DONORS,A 4 MONTH SURVEY AT THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTER BASELC. Stebler, L. Infanti, B. Eiche, M. Santoro, C. Doepfner, T. Rüefli, M. Rüesch (<strong>Blood</strong><strong>Transfusion</strong> Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland)P-080 TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD FROM TWO DANISH BLOOD DONORSINFECTED WITH HEPATITIS B VIRUS ESCAPE MUTANTS – DIFFERENTOUTCOME IN 10 RECIPIENTSH. Ullum, L. Harritshøj, U. Wend, P. Platz, H. Ring-Larsen, E. Dickmeiss, W.G. Wolfram(Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark)P-081 HCV GENOTYPE DISTRIBUTION AMONG NORTHEAST-THAI BLOODDONORSY. Urwijitaroon, C. Sengthong, S. Barusrux (Fac.Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen,Thailand)77INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONXXIX THINTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ISBT
PostersISBT2006PostersTOPIC 01.2TOPIC 01.3The posters areon display fromMonday - ThursdayP-082 HBV DNA DETECTION IN HBSAG NEGATIVE/ANTI-CORE POSITIVEITALIAN FIRST TIME BLOOD DONORSP-089 ABILITY OF THE MACOPHARMA PRION CAPTURE (P-CAPTTM)FILTER TO REMOVE BRAIN PRPRES IN LEUKOREDUCED HUMAN RBCC. Velati, L. Romanò, L. Fomiatti, G. Cambiè, A. Zanetti (Dipartimento di MedicinaL.G. Gregori, B. Lambert, R. Rohwer (VA Medical Center, Baltimore, United States of America)Trasfusionale, Sondrio, Italy)P-083 TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND THEIR FREQUENCYCHANGE BY THE YEARS IN BLOOD DONORS OF A HOSPITAL BLOODBANK IN GREECEP-090 IN VITRO EVALUATION OF RED CELL CONCENTRATES AFTERFILTRATION OVER THE NEW COMPOSAFE PR SYSTEM (SYSTEM FORPRION REDUCTION FROM LEUKOCYTE DEPLETED RCC)D. de Korte, R. Vlaar, C.W.N. Gouwerok, M. Kleine, S. Borghi, A.J. VerhoevenK. Ziciadis, F. Karabini, E. Xanthi, A. Tzolou, E. Chrisostomou, E. Zervou (University Hospital of(Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands)Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece)P-084 THE STRATEGY FOR ELIMINATING HBV. TRANSMISSION THROUGHBLOOD TRANSFUSION IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATESP-091 DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS PRION IN BLOOD BY PROTEINMISFOLDING CYCLIC AMPLIFICATION TECHNOLOGY (PMCA)F. Leon, C. Segarra, J. Coste (Etablissement Français du Sang, Montpellier, France)78A.H.A. Al Amiri (Ministry of Health, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)P-085 EVIDENCE ON ANTI-HBc REACTIVITY AMONG GREEK BLOODDONORS AND CORRELATION BETWEEN ANTI-HBc TITRE AND THEPRESENCE OF HBV DNAP-092 REMOVAL OF THE ENDOGENOUS TSE INFECTIVITY PRESENT INBLOOD USING PRDT TSE AFFINITY LIGANDS AND INTEGRATION OF THELIGANDS INTO THE MACOPHARMA P-CAPT(TM) FILTERG. Rohwer, L. Gregori, P. Gurgel, J. Lathrop, P. Edwardson, B. Lambert, R.G. Carbonell,79A. Varaklioti, I. Kalfa, A. Kapsalis, A. Kouramba, P. Kotsi, A. KarafoulidouS.J.B. Burton, D.J.H. Hammond (VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore,(2nd <strong>Blood</strong> <strong>Transfusion</strong> Center, Athens, Greece)United States of America)Topic 01.3P-093 WHAT DIFFERENCE IN PRION PROTEIN EXPRESSION ANDPROCESSING IN HUMAN BLOOD CELLS BETWEEN METHIONINE HOMO-ZYGOUS AND VALINE DONORS AT CODON 129 OF THE PRNP GENE<strong>Blood</strong> Safety - TTD - TSEsC. Segarra, S. Lehmann, J. Coste (Etablissement Français du Sang, Montpellier, France)P-086 HIGH RATE OF VCJD TRANSMISSION IN MICE BY INTRAVENOUSINOCULATION OF WHOLE BLOODL. Cervenakova, O. Yakovleva, C. McKenzie (J.H.Holland Laboratory, ARC, Rockville,United States of America)Topic 01.4.<strong>Blood</strong> Safety - TTD - West Nile VirusP-087 PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PALL’S ENHANCEDLEUKOTRAP AFFINITY PRION REDUCTION FILTERP-094 WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV) AND DENGUE VIRUS (DV) ARE LOW RISKFOR TRANSFUSION IN GHANAO. Coker, F. Andrade, S. Pesci, T. Budziak, F. Madraswalla, J. Peterson, B. Selman,J.P. Allain, C. Li, K. Danso, E. Addo-Yobo, S. Owusu-O<strong>for</strong>i (University of Cambridge,G. DelGiacco (Pall Corporation, Port Washington, United States of America)Cambridge, United Kingdom)P-088 CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE LOOK-BACK STUDY: AN UPDATEK.A. Dorsey, S. Zou, E.P. Notari, C.T. Fang, R.Y. Dodd, L.B. Schonberger (American RedP-095 MONITORING OF GENETIC VARIABILITY OF WEST NILE VIRUS INBLOOD DONOR SPECIMENS USING A MICROARRAY-BASED ASSAYCross, Rockville, United States of America)M. Rios, A. Grinev, S. Daniel, M. Laassri, V. Chizhikov, K. Chumakov, I.K. Hewlett(CBER/FDA, Bethesda, United States of America)INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONXXIX THINTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ISBT
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