Killing Monkeypox Virus in Blood Products

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Protecting blood from transfusion transmitted diseases is a challenge that won't end until the emergence of new disease ends. Today, we thankfully have methods in place that were designed to prevent the spread of disease via transfusion of blood. When new diseases emerge and enter human populations, the potential threat to the blood supply increases. In the early stages we may not even fully know or appreciate that threat. So it is possible through these kinds of studies to evaluate firsthand the ability of such methods to inactivate the new disease causing agent and thus reduce levels of risk that might be associated with use of infected blood products.

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