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Changing age distribution of the blood donor population in the United StatesShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfusion 48:251-7. 2008..The American Red Cross has been maintaining a research database of all blood donors. Such a database provides a unique opportunity for monitoring changes over time in donor and donation patterns...- On residual risk assessment for first-time donationShimian Zou
Transfusion 47:2348; author reply 2348-9. 2007 
West Nile fever characteristics among viremic persons identified through blood donor screeningShimian Zou
American Red Cross Holland Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Infect Dis 202:1354-61. 2010..Female subjects and persons with higher viral loads detected in the index donation were more likely than other subjects to develop symptoms...- Transfusion transmission of human prion diseasesShimian Zou
Transmissible Diseases Department, Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross Biomedical Services, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfus Med Rev 22:58-69. 2008..Results from ongoing look-back investigations and other studies will enable continued monitoring and more precise estimations of the risks of the transfusion transmission of CJD and vCJD... - A method for estimating incidence rate of infectious diseases among first-time blood donorsShimian Zou
American Red Cross Biomedical Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Transfusion 48:1827-32. 2008.... - Donor deferral and resulting donor loss at the American Red Cross Blood Services, 2001 through 2006Shimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory for Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross Biomedical Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Transfusion 48:2531-9. 2008..This study analyzed actual deferral and return donation data from the American Red Cross to further assess the impact of donor deferral on donor availability... - Current value of serologic test for syphilis as a surrogate marker for blood-borne viral infections among blood donors in the United StatesShimian Zou
Transmissible Disease Department, Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, 15601 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfusion 49:655-61. 2009..Serologic screening for syphilis has been justified in part as a surrogate marker for infections caused by other pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study assessed the current surrogate value of the test... - Current incidence and residual risk of hepatitis B infection among blood donors in the United StatesShimian Zou
Transmissible Diseases Department, American Red Cross Blood Services, 15601 Crabbs BranchWay, Rockville MD 20855, USA
Transfusion 49:1609-20. 2009..This study used two approaches to estimate the current incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a US donor population... - A prospective study of multiple donor exposure blood recipients: surveillance value and limitations for hemovigilanceShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross Blood Services, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 50:128-38. 2010..There have been few recent systematic studies of blood recipients for direct evidence of blood safety, especially for emerging pathogens that may pose a threat to the blood supply... - Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections among United States blood donors since the introduction of nucleic acid testingShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross Biomedical Sciences, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 50:1495-504. 2010..This study analyzes temporal trends of these two infections since NAT introduction... - Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of major blood-borne infections among apheresis collections to the American Red Cross Blood Services, 2004 through 2008Shimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross Biomedical Sciences, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 50:1487-94. 2010..The number of apheresis collections increased significantly in recent years; however, data on viral marker rates among these collections are lacking... - Implementation of the Uniform Donor History Questionnaire across the American Red Cross Blood Services: increased deferral among repeat presenters but no measurable impact on blood safetyShimian Zou
American Red Cross Blood Services, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 47:1990-8. 2007..This study assessed the potential impact of changes inherent in UDHQ implementation on deferral and on prevalence of infectious disease markers among donated units... - Current impact of the confidential unit exclusion optionS Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 44:651-7. 2004..In 1986, the FDA recommended using a confidential unit exclusion (CUE) option in blood centers; this was rescinded in 1992. The American Red Cross (ARC) has continued using the option. This study assessed its current impact... - Probability of viremia with HBV, HCV, HIV, and HTLV among tissue donors in the United StatesShimian Zou
Transmissible Diseases Department, American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
N Engl J Med 351:751-9. 2004..We estimated the current probability of undetected viremia with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) among tissue donors... - Patterns of age- and sex-specific prevalence of major blood-borne infections in United States blood donors, 1995 to 2002: American Red Cross blood donor studyShimian Zou
Transmissible Disease Department, Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 44:1640-7. 2004..This study analyzes the temporal trends of major blood-borne infections among blood donors... - Prevalence of selected viral infections among temporarily deferred donors who returned to donate blood: American Red Cross blood donor studyShimian Zou
Transmissible Diseases Department, Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 45:1593-600. 2005..Health history questions are introduced into the predonation interview to identify blood donors believed to pose a higher risk of infectious diseases to recipients. This study assesses the current impact of some of those questions... - Potential impact of pandemic influenza on blood safety and availabilityShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross Biomedical Services, Rockville, MD 20855, USA
Transfus Med Rev 20:181-9. 2006..Studies are needed to further assess the likely impact of a pandemic on the blood supply and also of the possible intervention options... - Prevalence of selected viral infections among blood donors deferred for potential risk to blood safetyShimian Zou
Jerome H Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross Blood Services, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 46:1997-2003. 2006..This study assesses the current impact of some of these questions on blood safety as reflected by infectious disease markers... - Regional and temporal variation in American Red Cross blood donations, 1995 to 2005Stephen O Crawford
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Transfusion 48:1576-83. 2008..Maintaining a stable blood supply is a critical goal of the American Red Cross Blood Services. Extensive Red Cross data provided the opportunity to assess both long-term and short-term trends in the variation of weekly blood donations... - Lack of evidence of transfusion transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a US surveillance studyKerri Dorsey
Jerome H Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 49:977-84. 2009..Since 2004, several reported transfusion transmissions of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom have reawakened concerns about the possible risk of similar transmissions of nonvariant or classic forms of CJD... - Limited effectiveness of donor deferral registries for transfusion-transmitted disease markersRitchard Cable
American Red Cross Blood Services, Northeast Division, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
Transfusion 48:34-42. 2008..Donor deferral registries (DDRs) detect repeat donations by previously deferred donors and prevent their release. The utility of DDRs has not been objectively demonstrated... - Age-related donor return patterns among first-time blood donors in the United StatesEdward P Notari
Transmissible Diseases Department, Jerome H Holland Laboratory for Biomedical Sciences, American Red Cross Biomedical Services, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
Transfusion 49:2229-36. 2009..Sixteen-year-old donors are increasingly allowed to donate and have the highest rates of adverse events, which negatively impacts return behavior... - Hepatitis C updateShimian Zou
Health Care Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 94:127-9. 2003 - More should be done to protect surgical patients from intraoperative hepatitis B infectionShirley Paton
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:303-5. 2002
Research Grants
- Risk of Blood Borne Transmission of CJDShimian Zou; Fiscal Year: 2007..Abstract not provided. ..