CFIDS Association of America Webinar: XMRV and Blood Safety

In this webinar, Louis M. Katz, MD, a specialist in infectious diseases and a prominent figure in US blood banking organisations, will provide background about blood safety issues related to XMRV.

Public health officials are investigating the potential threat to the US blood supply posed by XMRV due to the possibility that it might be transmitted through transfusions, as are other retroviruses such as HIV and HTLV. Dr. Katz will review current XMRV research initiatives and will discuss investigations of the retrovirus by those working in transfusion medicine.

Update 16/8/10: The video from this event is now available on Youtube, here.

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Original Source: CFIDS Association of America Newsletter, sent Wednesday 11th August 2010.