HTLV-1 and blood donation.

Br J Haematol

Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Epidemiology/Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Published: January 2024

Human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a human retrovirus that causes adult T-cell lymphoma and HTLV-associated myelopathy. In this issue, Rosadas et al. use data from a recent WHO report to describe how blood banks test for HTLV-1 and how this testing contributes to public health surveillance for the virus. Commentary on: Rosadas et al. HTLV-1 screening of blood donations: we are systematically missing opportunities. Br J Haematol 2023;202:1220-1223.

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