Continuous population surveillance of COVID-19 immunity can be provided by Blood Services at low cost using routine laboratory infrastructure

Stephen M. Henry; Willy A.  Flegel; Christof Weinstock

doi:10.2450/2022.0150-22

Letter to the Editor

Blood Transfusion - 6 2022 (November-December)

Continuous population surveillance of COVID-19 immunity can be provided by Blood Services at low cost using routine laboratory infrastructure

Stephen M. Henry , Willy A. Flegel , Christof Weinstock

Doi: 10.2450/2022.0150-22

Publication Date: 2022-07-22

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Dear Sir,
Blood Services are uniquely positioned to take part in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing ongoing snap-shots of the current SARS-CoV-2 immunity status of the ethnic populations they serve. This data can be used to model and monitor pandemic-immunization responses and endemic health care risks. Costs are an issue, and hospital blood typing laboratories are usually not equipped for large-scale infectious disease screening.

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Stephen M. Henry Centre for Kode Technology Innovation, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Willy A. Flegel Department of Transfusion Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Christof Weinstock German Red Cross Blood Service, Institute Ulm, and Department of Transfusion Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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