Author: Wardrop, K.J.; Birkenheuer, A.; Blais, M.C.; Callan, M.B.; Kohn, B.; Lappin, M.R.; Sykes, J.
Title: Update on Canine and Feline Blood Donor Screening for Blood-Borne Pathogens Document date: 2016_1_25
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Snippet: Dirofilaria immitis does not meet the criteria used to categorize other vector-borne pathogens because transfusion of microfilaria from an infected donor cannot lead to heartworm disease in the recipient. However, filaremic blood transfused to a recipient has the potential to interfere with diagnostic testing, can be infectious to mosquito vectors, and can carry Wolbachia spp. 2 In addition, a donor infected with D. immitis would not be considere.....
Document: Dirofilaria immitis does not meet the criteria used to categorize other vector-borne pathogens because transfusion of microfilaria from an infected donor cannot lead to heartworm disease in the recipient. However, filaremic blood transfused to a recipient has the potential to interfere with diagnostic testing, can be infectious to mosquito vectors, and can carry Wolbachia spp. 2 In addition, a donor infected with D. immitis would not be considered a healthy donor, and collection of large amounts of blood from such a donor could be unsafe. Therefore, it is recommended that dogs and cats to be used as blood donors in heartworm endemic areas be screened for D. immitis infection and placed on heartworm prophylaxis.
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