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Health committee So far, there is no evidence that transfusion transmission to recipients occurs, even from people who are known to be infected with Lyme disease, so the answer is, there is no evidence at this point.
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee There are several ways to deal with emerging infectious disease risks. I think the way of the future for most blood operators will be the implementation of pathogen inactivation, as I mentioned before. This is a way of treating blood products to kill infectious agents. As I men
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee No, I said that there has been no evidence yet of transfusion transmission of Lyme disease.
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee No, I haven't seen that.
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee Many people who have been bitten by ticks don't recall it. If we did ask about tick bites, we might get a few people saying yes, but the majority of people—maybe even folks who have or have had Lyme disease—may not remember that tick bite, so it's not been found to be a reliable
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee We test for HIV, hepatitis C and B, etc.
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee No.
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee Well, there would have to be a Health Canada approved test before we would be allowed to implement it. Let's get back to the Babesia question because that is of concern to Canadian Blood Services and to Héma-Québec. A couple of years ago we carried out a large donor prevalence
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee I can't really comment on transmission through pregnancy. That would be better addressed by Howard.
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon
Health committee Thanks, Jean-Paul. As I'm sure the committee is aware, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease is Borrelia burgdorferi, which is a spirochete, a type of organism similar to syphillis but with many different characteristics. To date, there has been no evidence of transfusion tran
June 8th, 2017Committee meeting
Dr. Margaret Fearon