Cytomegalovirus
Contents
Acceptability at Recruitment
ACCEPTABLE
Acceptability at CT / Work-Up
QUALIFIED
Individual at Risk
Recipient
Explanation of Condition
Member of the herpes virus family. It may cause a mild febrile illness or be completely asymptomatic in normal individuals. However, it can cause life-threatening infection in stem-cell transplant recipients.
Guidance
Accept at recruitment.
Allow 2 weeks from recovery before donation if evidence of acute infection.
If identified as CMV IgM postitive at work-up, the harvest centre should request CMV DNA PCR, and the transplant centre must be informed.
Pseudonyms or Related Conditions
CMV
Version
Version 1, Edition 1
Date of Last Update
15th June 2012
