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West Nile found in donated blood
« on: Jul 28^th, 2005, 6:27pm »

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OTTAWA -- A unit of blood donated this week by a resident of eastern Ontario has tested positive for West Nile virus.

Canadian Blood Services says it's the first positive test for the mosquito-borne disease this year.

The donation was made in Ottawa and the agency says the donor and health officials have been notified.

It says the donated blood has been withdrawn from inventory and was not shipped to a hospital for transfusion.

Every blood donation has been tested for West Nile virus since the summer of 2003.

Fourteen positives were detected in 2003, but there were no positives at all last year.

The head of Canadian Blood Services says donors and recipients should continue to feel confident in their blood system.

Dr. Graham Sher says a greater risk than West Nile is that Canadians will not continue to donate and there will be a blood shortage.

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