Vox Sanguinis is the official journal of the International Society of Blood Transfusion. We report on novel developments in transfusion medicine, publishing original papers, reviews, short reports and international fora on all aspects of blood transfusion and cellular therapies.

Following the introduction of our new article layout, and scientific illustrations to accompany reviews, we're delighted to announce more exciting improvements to Vox Sanguinis for 2022:

  • More issues – Vox Sanguinis will now publish an issue every month
  • Faster publication – the move to monthly issues means that we can publish content in print more rapidly
  • Additional sections – we are delighted to welcome two new Section Editors to the team; Claudia Cohn, University of Minnesota will oversee Haemovigilance and Nelson Tsuno, University of Tokyo will lead the Patient Blood Management section
  • Removal of colour charges – authors will no longer have to pay to have their colour figures published in print
Vox Sanguinis moving to online-only in January 2025

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  • Offers you a streamlined submission process and free colour figures in print publication.
  • The official journal of the ISBT, supported by an international editorial team of 12.
  • Get your paper read by transfusion specialists in research and practice, and ISBT members worldwide.
  • Advances knowledge via themed issues and new Haemovigilance and Patient Blood Management sections.

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Editor's Picks
November 2024

The efficacy and effectiveness of drinking interventions to reduce vasovagal reactions in blood donors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Repeated apheresis donations cause important iron deficiency in male Japanese donors

Impact of recent criteria changes for the deferral criteria specific to men who have sex with men in France

Use of preoperative erythropoietin-stimulating agents is associated with decreased thrombotic adverse events compared to red blood cell transfusion in surgical patients with anaemia

Click here to browse the top 10 articles read by Vox Sanguinis readers in 2023.

Click here to browse the top 10 articles read by Vox Sanguinis readers in 2024

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Screening of pregnant women for foetal neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: A cost–utility analysis

Thijs W. de Vos, Ilonka Tersteeg, Enrico Lopriore, Dick Oepkes, Leendert Porcelijn, C. Ellen van der Schoot, E. Joanne T. Verweij, Dian Winkelhorst, Masja de Haas, M. Elske van den Akker-van Marle, 
  •  5 December 2024
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Lipaemic plasma: An objective non‐invasive photometric method to classify plasma turbidity and its association with red cell haemolysis

Lara A. E. de Laleijne-Liefting, Ido J. Bontekoe, Johan W. Lagerberg, Thomas R. L. Klei, 
  •  2 December 2024
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Safety and efficacy of a novel mini‐pool intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in children with primary immunodeficiency

Alshaimaa M. Selim, Taghreed M. Kamal, Madeen Adel A. Abdou, Eman NasrEldin, Nada O. Abdelhameed, Mariam E. Abdallah, Naglaa S. Osman, Maha Atwa, Magdy El-Ekiaby, 
  •  1 December 2024
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Successful implementation of a patient blood management programme in a lower middle‐income state

Denise Menezes Brunetta, Luany Elvira Mesquita Carvalho, Nathália Martins Beserra, Claudianne Maia de Farias Lima, Claudia Mota Leite Barbosa Monteiro, Lara Facundo de Alencar Araripe, Fernanda Luna Neri Benevides, Maria Isaaquielle Andrade de Oliveira, Anastácia Maria Viana Silva, Suzanna Araújo Tavares Barbosa, Eliane Ribeiro da Costa Oliveira, Davi Alves Cavalcante, Franklin Jose Candido Santos, Luciana Maria de Barros Carlos, 
  •  27 November 2024
SHORT REPORT
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Isolation and analysis of residual leucocytes from leucoreduced red blood cell units

Rena Hirani, Melinda M. Dean, David O. Irving, 
  •  25 November 2024
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International review of blood donation nucleic acid amplification testing

Helen M. Faddy, Carla Osiowy, Brian Custer, Michael Busch, Susan L. Stramer, Opeyemi Adesina, Thijs van de Laar, Wai-Chiu Tsoi, Claire Styles, Phil Kiely, Angelo Margaritis, So-Yong Kwon, Yan Qiu, Xuelian Deng, Antoine Lewin, Signe Winther Jørgensen, Christian Erikstrup, David Juhl, Silvia Sauleda, Bernardo Armando Camacho Rodriguez, Lisbeth Jennifer Catherine Soto Coral, Paula Andrea Gaviria García, Sineenart Oota, Sheila F. O'Brien, Silvano Wendel, Emma Castro, Laura Navarro Pérez, Heli Harvala, Katy Davison, Claire Reynolds, Lisa Jarvis, Piotr Grabarczyk, Aneta Kopacz, Magdalena Łętowska, Niamh O'Flaherty, Fiona Young, Padraig Williams, Lisa Burke, Sze Sze Chua, An Muylaert, Isabel Page, Ann Jones, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion Vermeulen, Syria Laperche, Pierre Gallian, Salam Sawadogo, Masahiro Satake, Ahmad Gharehbaghian, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, Sebastián Blanco, Sandra V. Gallego, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber-Schehl, Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Khuloud Al Maamari, Fatma Ba Alawi, Hem Chandra Pandey, Dora Mbanya, Rochele Azevedo França, Richard Charlewood, the Virology and Surveillance; Risk Assessment and Policy subgroups of the ISBT Working Party on Transfusion-transmitted Infectious Diseases, 
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Current state of gene therapy in sickle cell disease

Mei San Tang, Hua Shan, 
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Evidence that CD36 is expressed on red blood cells and constitutes a novel blood group system of clinical importance

Abdul Ghani Alattar, Jill R. Storry, Martin L. Olsson, 
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A donor safety evidence literature review of the short‐ and long‐term effects of plasmapheresis

Veronica C. Hoad, Johanna Castrén, Rut Norda, Joanne Pink, 
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Transfusion support and pre‐transfusion testing in autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

Marilène Binsfeld, Anaïs Devey, André Gothot, 
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Oral Presentations

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An international review of the characteristics of viral nucleic acid‐amplification testing (NAT) reveals a trend towards the use of smaller pool sizes and individual donation NAT

Helen M. Faddy, Carla Osiowy, Brian Custer, Michael Busch, Susan L. Stramer, Melinda M. Dean, Jessika Acutt, Elvina Viennet, Thijs van de Laar, Wai-Chiu Tsoi, Claire Styles, Phil Kiely, Angelo Margaritis, So-Yong Kwon, Yan Qiu, Xuelian Deng, Antoine Lewin, Signe Winther Jørgensen, Christian Erikstrup, David Juhl, Silvia Sauleda, Bernardo Armando Camacho Rodriguez, Lisbeth Jennifer Catherine Soto Coral, Paula Andrea Gaviria García, Sineenart Oota, Sheila F. O'Brien, Silvano Wendel, Emma Castro, Laura Navarro Pérez, Heli Harvala, Katy Davison, Claire Reynolds, Lisa Jarvis, Piotr Grabarczyk, Aneta Kopacz, Magdalena Łętowska, Niamh O'Flaherty, Fiona Young, Padraig Williams, Lisa Burke, Sze Sze Chua, An Muylaert, Isabel Page, Ann Jones, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion Vermeulen, Syria Laperche, Pierre Gallian, Masahiro Satake, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, Sebastián Blanco, Sandra V. Gallego, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber-Schehl, Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, Khuloud Al Maamari, Fatma Ba Alawi, Hem Chandra Pandey, Rochele Azevedo França, Richard Charlewood, the Virology and Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy subgroups of the ISBT WP-TTID, 
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Effects of plasmapheresis frequency on health status and exercise performance in men: A randomized controlled trial

Alexandre Mortier, Jina Khoudary, Sophie van Dooslaer de Ten Ryen, Camille Lannoy, Nicolas Benoit, Nancy Antoine, Sylvie Copine, Hans Van Remoortel, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Veerle Compernolle, Louise Deldicque, 
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Blood donation screening for hepatitis B virus core antibodies: The importance of confirmatory testing and initial implication for rare blood donor groups

Michael X. Fu, Jennifer Ingram, Courtney Roberts, Visa Nurmi, Emma Watkins, Nina Dempsey, Tanya Golubchik, Judith Breuer, Su Brailsford, William L. Irving, Monique Andersson, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, 

Articles with the most citations published in the Last 2 Years according to CrossRef. The citation counts listed reflect the total number of all citations to date.

Detection and phenotype analysis of a novel Ael blood group allele

Cuibi Wang, Yichao Tang, Pingping Zhang, Leiqun Xiong, Weiyuan Chen, Xiaoying Lv, 

Plasma collection and supply in Europe: Proceedings of an International Plasma and Fractionation Association and European Blood Alliance symposium

Dragoslav Domanović, Leni von Bonsdorff, Pierre Tiberghien, Paul Strengers, Matthew Hotchko, Peter O'Leary, Jean-Baptiste Thibert, Karin Magnussen, Christian Erikstrup, Marloes Spekman, Stuart Chesneau, Judy Jones, Bjarne K. Møller, Peter Verheggen, Gerard Gogarty, Mazen Elzaabi, Vincenzo de Angelis, Fabio Candura, Polonca Mali, Françoise Rossi, Bernardo Rodrigues, Ramune Sepetiene, Thomas Lenzen, Stephan Walsemann, Robert Perry, Jean-Philippe Plançon, Cynthia So-Osman, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Giuseppina Facco, Daphne Thijssen-Timmer, 

Recommendations for in vitro evaluation of blood components collected, prepared and stored in non-DEHP medical devices

Thomas R. L. Klei, Stephane Begue, Anaïs Lotens, Ólafur E. Sigurjónsson, Michael D. Wiltshire, Chloë George, Peter J. M. van den Burg, Ryan Evans, Linda Larsson, Stephen Thomas, Tome Najdovski, Wiebke Handke, Juha Eronen, Birte Mallas, Dirk de Korte, 
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Safety profile of plasma for fractionation donated in the United Kingdom, with respect to variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

Stephen Thomas, Barnaby Roberts, Dragoslav Domanović, Koen Kramer, Denis Klochkov, Sujan Sivasubramaniyam, Dana Miloslavich, Jean-Philippe Plançon, Françoise Rossi, Dominika Misztela, Lauren Kirkpatrick, Gail Miflin, Janet Birchall, Lorna McLintock, Richard Knight, 

Evolving deferral criteria for blood donation in France: Plasma donation by men who have sex with men

Pierre Tiberghien, Sophie Lecam, Julie Huet, Lucile Malard, Tristan Tavenard, Josiane Pillonel, Claire Sauvage, Thibaut Bocquet, Cathy Bliem, Pascal Morel, Pascale Richard, Syria Laperche, 
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Evolving the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men time‐based deferral to sexual risk screening for all donors: The contribution of Canadian research programmes

Niamh Caffrey, Sheila F. O'Brien, Geraldine M. Walsh, Jennie Haw, Mindy Goldman, 
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Effects of plasmapheresis frequency on health status and exercise performance in men: A randomized controlled trial

Alexandre Mortier, Jina Khoudary, Sophie van Dooslaer de Ten Ryen, Camille Lannoy, Nicolas Benoit, Nancy Antoine, Sylvie Copine, Hans Van Remoortel, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Veerle Compernolle, Louise Deldicque, 

End of selection criteria based on sexual orientation: An international symposium on alternatives to donation deferral

Antoine Lewin, Mindy Goldman, Michael P. Busch, Katy Davison, Thijs van de Laar, Pierre Tiberghien, Eilat Shinar, Sheila F. O'Brien, Gilles Lambert, Stephen Field, Tor Hervig, Darrell H. S. Tan, Brian Custer, Steven J. Drews, Marion C. Lanteri, Denis Klochkov, Eleonora Widmer, Marie-Pier Domingue, Christian Renaud, Marc Germain, 
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Limited evidence, lasting decisions: How voluntary non‐remunerated plasma donations can avoid the commercial one‐way street

Kelsey J. MacKay, Fritz Schiltz, Philippe Vandekerckhove, 

Validation of a flow-cytometry-based red blood cell antigen phenotyping method

Robert Liwski, Gwen Clarke, Calvino Cheng, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi, Samina Raza Abidi, Jason George Quinn, 
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