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  1. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection after August 2022 in Dutch blood donors without serological signs of prior infection

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  2. Low rate of hepatitis Delta virus co‐infection in first‐time blood donors diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the Netherlands

    Article • Transfusion, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  3. International Forum on Donor‐ and Recipient‐triggered Lookback for Traditional Transfusion‐transmitted Infections: Responses

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  4. International Forum on Donor‐ and Recipient‐triggered Lookback for Traditional Transfusion‐transmitted Infections: Summary

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  5. The Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody assays: Differentiating between vaccination and infection, and assessing long-term performance

    Article • PLOS One, July 2024, PLOS

    Dr Ed Slot

  6. Blood safety markers in Dutch donors after relaxation of deferral for men who have sex with men: re‐emergence of syphilis and HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis use

    Article • Transfusion, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  7. Booster vaccinations and Omicron: the effects on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Dutch blood donors

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ed Slot

  8. Low awareness of past SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthy plasma donors

    Article • Cell Reports Medicine, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ed Slot

  9. Divergent SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific T‐ and B‐cell responses in severe but not mild COVID‐19 patients

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  10. How donor selection criteria can be evaluated with limited scientific evidence: lessons learned from the TRANSPOSE project

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  11. Low SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in blood donors in the early COVID-19 epidemic in the Netherlands

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ed Slot

  12. Putting the spotlight on donation‐related risks and donor safety – are we succeeding in protecting donors?

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  13. Low awareness of past SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthy adults

    Article • August 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ed Slot

  14. Divergent SARS-CoV-2-specific T and B cell responses in severe but not mild COVID-19

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ed Slot

  15. Herd immunity is not a realistic exit strategy during a COVID-19 outbreak

    Article • April 2020, Research Square

    Dr Ed Slot

  16. Usutu virus infection in Dutch blood donors

    Article • Transfusion, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  17. No increased risk of transfusion‐transmissible infections after tattooing, body piercing, or acupuncture among blood donors in the Netherlands

    Article • Transfusion, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  18. Infection Pressure in Men Who Have Sex With Men and Their Suitability to Donate Blood

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ed Slot

  19. Meat consumption is a major risk factor for hepatitis E virus infection

    Article • PLOS One, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr Ed Slot

  20. A novel approach to detect test-seeking behaviour in the blood donor population: making the invisible visible

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  21. Risk Factors and Screening for Trypanosoma cruzi Infection of Dutch Blood Donors

    Article • PLOS One, March 2016, PLOS

    Dr Ed Slot

  22. Screening of blood donors for chronicCoxiella burnetiiinfection after large Q fever outbreaks

    Article • Transfusion, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  23. Past and present of hepatitis E in the N etherlands

    Article • Transfusion, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  24. Silent hepatitis E virus infection in Dutch blood donors, 2011 to 2012

    Article • Eurosurveillance, August 2013, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ed Slot

  25. A case report of transfusion-transmitted Plasmodium malariae from an asymptomatic non-immune traveller

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ed Slot

  26. Lookback procedures after postdonation notifications during a Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands

    Article • Transfusion, July 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  27. Infectivity of pre-seroconversion donations: an analysis of lookback exercises in the Netherlands, 2000-2006

    Article • Vox Sanguinis, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  28. Coxiella burnetii infection among blood donors during the 2009 Q-fever outbreak in the Netherlands

    Article • Transfusion, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot

  29. Turbid plasma donations in whole blood donors: fat chance?

    Article • Transfusion, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Ed Slot