U.S. troops in Iraq should defer blood donations: leishmaniasis concern.(News)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News
Publication Date: 01-FEB-04
Author: Tucker, Miriam E.
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GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- Troops returning from Iraq should be deferred from blood donation for a year because of potential exposure to leishmaniasis, the Food and Drug Administration's Blood Products Advisory Committee voted at a hearing.
The panel also endorsed permanent donor deferral for any soldier who con tracts the disease while in Iraq. But the...
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