Blood Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 19th, 1996

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Conference Coverage (Montreal) - New Function Is Proposed for Hemoglobin

Conference Coverage (Montreal) - Quest for Safe, Efficacious Blood Substitute Turns 40

Conference Coverage (Montreal) - System Allows In Vitro Simulation of Oxygen Transport to Tissue

Conference Coverage (Vancouver) - Immune Reconstitution Slow in Patients Taking Anti-HIV Drugs

Conference Coverage (Vancouver) - Outpatient IL-2 Restores Normal CD4 Counts in HIV⁺ Patients

Diagnosis (Plasmodium vivax) - Cell-ELISA Using Monoclonal Antibody Detects P. vivax in Blood

Diagnostics (HIV) - p24 Antigen Assay: Predicts Transmission and Provides Early Diagnosis

Immunology - Foreign Proteins, Not Viral Proteins Seem Responsible for Immune Response

Immunology - One Percent of Caucasians Immune to HIV

Needle Exchange Programs - Higher Transmission Rate Among IV Drug Users May Be Linked to State Laws

Pathogenesis (HIV) - Scientists Report on Single Binding Site for the CD4 Receptor

Plasma Therapy - No Basis for Widespread Prophylactic FFP in Premature Babies

Testing (HCV) - Rapid HCV RNA Detection Method Outlined

Testing (HIV) - FDA Approves Urine Test for HIV

Transmission (Plasmodium vivax) - Texas Man Probably Acquired Malaria Locally

Blood Safety - "Evaluation of the Viral Safety of Replacement Factor Concentrates: Limits to Interpretation of Results from Small Samples of Previously Untreated Patients (PUPs)."

Disease Associations - "Causes of Death in Canadians With Hemophilia 1980-1995."

Disease Associations - "Factors Influencing the Development of Cirrhosis and Liver Failure in Patients with Congenital Bleeding Disorders and Chronic Hepatitis C."

Disease Associations - "Liver Biopsy in Hemophilic Patients with Chronic HCV Infection."

Disease Associations - "Mortality From Liver Disease in Hemophiliacs in the United Kingdom."

Epidemiology (HCV) - "Prevalence of Hepatitis C in Patients with Hemorrhagic Diseases in Saxonia-Anhalt (Germany)."

Epidemiology (HCV) - "The Burden of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in French Hemophilic Patients: Epidemiological and Virological Analysis."

Occupational Risk (HIV) - "Case-Control Study of HIV Seroconversion in Health Care Workers after Percutaneous Exposure to HIV Infected Blood; Implications for Postexposure Management."

Blood Banking (International) - "Evaluation of a Pooling Method for Routine Anti-HCV Screening of Blood Donors to Lower the Cost Burden on Blood Banks in Countries under Development."

Diagnostic Immunology - "Comparison of Absolute CD4⁺ Lymphocyte Counts Determined by Enzyme Immunoassay (TRAx CD4 Test Kit) and Flow Cytometry."

Fibrin Sealants - "Role of Fibrin Sealants in Surgical Procedures on Patients with Hemostatic Disorders."

Hematology - "Integration of Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors in CD34⁺ Human Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells after Transduction."

KSHV - "The Kaposi sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Is Present as an Intact Latent Genome in KS Tissue but Replicates in the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of KS Patients."

Occupational Risk - "Reducing the Rate of Paramedic Needlesticks in Emergency Medical Services: The Role of Self-Capping Intravenous Catheters."

Pediatrics - "A Randomized Trial Comparing the Effect of Prophylactic Intravenous Fresh Frozen Plasma, Gelatin or Glucose on Early Mortality and Morbidity in Preterm Babies."

Testing (HIV) - "A Field Test for the Detection of Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Types 1 and 2 in Serum or Plasma."

Transfusion - "A Randomized Controlled Study of the Effect of Bedside Leucocyte Depletion on the Immunosuppressive Effect of Whole Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Elective Colorectal Surgery."

Transfusion - "Impact of Transfusion of Mediastinal Shed Blood on Serum Levels of Cardiac Enzymes."

Transfusion - "Use of Unrefrigerated Fresh Whole Blood in Massive Transfusion."

Transplantation - "Colony-Stimulating Factors and Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Transplantation: Benefits and Costs."

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