Table 3.
Overview of Current Transmissible Disease Screening
| United States | Canada | France | UK | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV | |||||
| Antibody | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NAT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HCV | |||||
| Antibody | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NAT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HBV | |||||
| HBsAg | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NAT | Most | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anti-HBc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Selective | Selective |
| HTLV antibody | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ Mega pool |
✓ |
| Treponema pallidum antibody (syphilis) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plasmodium antibody (malaria) | x | x | Selective | Selective | Selective |
| T cruzi (Chagas disease) | Selective | Selective | Selective | Selective | x |
| WNV NAT | ✓ | ✓ Year round all donations at CBS stops in winter at HQ with selective testing |
x | Selective stops in winter. (timing depends upon North American season) | x |
Abbreviation: Anti-HBc, antibody to hepatitis B core antigen.