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If you have dengue can you donate blood?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

HAVE it or HAD it?: If you are actively infected, then no, of course not, you would spread the viral infection. Once you are recovered from the infection, then you should be able to donate as with other viral infections.

Answered 10/14/2017

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

American Red Cross: recommends deferring blood donations for 6 months if you have had Dengue Fever. “In most countries, donors who have been infected with dengue virus are deferred for periods of up to 6 months or even longer if they have received blood transfusions.” REF: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713854/ REF: http://www.americanredcrossblood.org/faq.html

Answered 10/15/2017

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