Comment on

• Blood donor screening for parvovirus B19 in Germany and Austria.

  Schmidt M, Themann A, Drexler C, Bayer M, Lanzer G, Menichetti E, Lechner S, Wessin D, Prokoph B, Allain JP, Seifried E, Hourfar MK. Schmidt M, et al. Transfusion. 2007 Oct;47(10):1775-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01443.x. Transfusion. 2007. PMID: 17714425
• Prevalence and quantitation of parvovirus B19 DNA levels in blood donors with a sensitive polymerase chain reaction screening assay.

  Kleinman SH, Glynn SA, Lee TH, Tobler L, Montalvo L, Todd D, Kiss JE, Shyamala V, Busch MP; National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS-II). Kleinman SH, et al. Transfusion. 2007 Oct;47(10):1756-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01341.x. Transfusion. 2007. PMID: 17880600