WORKSHOP: PARVOVIRUS B19 - IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

December 16, 1999

Natcher Auditorium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

This workshop will provide a forum for topics related to the impact of Parvovirus B19 on transfusion practice, including the frequency of human Parvovirus B19 viremia in blood donors, the potential clinical consequences of transfusion-associated B19 infection, and issues about whether or not blood units should be screened for B19.

	*Agenda*
Moderators: Harvey Klein and Margot Kruskall
8:20 a.m.	Introduction	Barbara Alving
8:30 - 10:00	Human Parvovirus B19: Epidemiology and Pathology	Kevin Brown
	Hematology and Immunology of B19 Infection	Neal Young
10:00 -10:30	Discussion
10:30 - 12:00	Testing (NAT, IgM/IgG)	Larry Anderson
	Diagnosis	Bernard Cohen
12:00 - 12:30	Discussion
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 3:00	Blood-borne B19: Contamination of plasma pools	Bernard Horowitz
	Parvovirus infection following plasma exchange using solvent- detergent treated pooled plasma containing parvovirus	Ted Eastlund
	Blood donors	Roger Dodd
	Blood recipients	Naomi Luban
3:00 - 3:30	Discussion
3:30 - 5:00	Directions for future research	Panel discussion

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