Low rate of RNAemia in blood donations collected during the first wave of COVID-19 in France.

Sophie Le CamPierre GallianCéline RicardCéline NarbouxValérie BarletClaude MaugardLisette HauserNadège BrisbarrePierre CappyJosiane Pillonel Syria LaperchePascal Morel

Published in: Transfusion (2022)

Our results indicated a low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the plasma of asymptomatic blood donors during the pandemic peak and no evidence of infectivity in vivo and in vitro. The transfusion risk remains theoretical and does not justify the implementation of SARS-CoV-2 NAT for blood donations.

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