Exam 13: Transfusion-Transmitted Infections

Which type of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)is endemic in western Africa?

In the United States,all donated blood is tested for the following before transfusion except

Which of the following transfusion-transmitted viruses does not have an envelope?

Leukoreduction can reduce the risk of which transfusion-associated virus?

Nucleic acid amplification-based testing (NAT)reduced the window period for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)to approximately how many days?

The hepatitis C virus belongs to which family?

In what year was the West Nile virus first identified as an emerging threat in the United States?

In the United States,what is the approximate risk for transfusion transmission of hepatitis B?

Which of the following is a mode of transmission for cytomegalovirus?

Chronic infection is most common with which of the following types of viral hepatitis?

Which of the following infects red blood cells?

In the United States,donated blood is tested for markers to the microbes that cause all of the following except

Which of the following is transmitted to humans through tick bites?

When was acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)first reported as an infectious disease?

One of the peak times of transmission of the West Nile virus is

Which of the following is a fatal neurological disease whose causative agent may be transmitted by transfusion of human blood?

Which disease is associated with a parasite that can be potentially transmitted by blood transfusion?

Which of the following is the most common of all the hepatitis viruses?

All of the following transfusion-transmitted infections are also considered to be sexually transmitted diseases except

All the following are methods by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)can be transmitted except