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Thread #70182   Message #2633815
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
17-May-09 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: CMV-negative blood donor
Subject: RE: BS: CMV-negative blood donor
I recently attended a dinner with a special tribute to a donor who gave 'baby blood' again and again to save the life of a newborn girl. I researched 'baby blood' and found it is blood that is CMV negative.

The CDC says that herpes and chicken pox will make you lose your CMV status. (I've lost mine to chicken pox in childhood.)