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==Blood donation from ME/CFS patients == In the [[United States]] the American Association of Blood Banks advises to either accept or defer donors based on "clinical judgment of the donor's health status".<ref name="AABBOct2012">{{Cite web | last = American Association of Blood Banks | url=https://www.aabb.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/regulatory/eid/xmrvfactsheet.pdf?sfvrsn=cd162fa3_2 | date =October 2012 | title = Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus (XMRV) and other Polytropic Murine Leukemia Viruses (pMLV) | pages = 3 |quote=An updated AABB Association Bulletin #12-05 (November 2012) states that individual collectors of blood and cellular therapy products should accept or defer donors with a history of CFS based on their clinical judgment of the donor's health status.}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] (UK) people who develop ME/CFS are banned from giving blood, even if recovered, according to the NHS Blood and Transplant 'Give Blood' website and the Joint United Kingdom Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC).<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://my.blood.co.uk/knowledgebase/Index/C | title = My Donor Record - Health, Eligibility & Travel | website = my.blood.co.uk | access-date = 2021-04-01}}</ref><ref name="transfusions2021" /> At one time this was also true of [[United States]] (US)<ref name="healthywomen">{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthywomen.org/content/ask-expert/9326/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-contagious | title = Is chronic fatigue syndrome contagious? | website = HealthyWomen | date = |language=en | access-date = 2019-02-13 | last = Vernon | first = Suzanne | author-link = Suzanne Vernon|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> although these recommendations are no longer found on the the US American Red Cross site. [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] still have bans on blood products being donated by ME/CFS patients.<ref name="AusBlood" /> There is a lack of evidence that ME/CFS patients are contagious.<ref name="healthywomen" /> Initial infectious trigger(s) have led to outbreaks over the years and 72% of ME/CFS patients report an [[Onset of ME/CFS|onset]] of a [[Viral onset hypothesis|viral]] or [[Bacterial disease onset|bacterial infection]].<ref name="GrandRound2016">{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/grand-rounds/pp/2016/20160216-presentation-chronic-fatigue-H.pdf | title=CDC Public Health Grand Rounds - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Advancing Research and Clinical Education | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 2016 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control]] | page = 6| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref> Families, partners, and friends do not report contracting [[ME/CFS]] from someone with the disease ME/CFS or passing it on to others.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://forums.prohealth.com/forums/index.php?threads/is-cfs-contagious.189664/ | title = Is CFS contagious? | website = ProHealth Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and Lyme Disease Forums | access-date = 2019-02-13}}</ref> Because ME/CFS can run in families, a [[Genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome|genetic link]] is <ref name="transfusions2021">{{Cite web | url = https://transfusionguidelines.org.uk/ | title = JPAC - Transfusion Guidelines | last = Target Information Systems Ltd | first = | website = transfusionguidelines.org.uk|language=en | access-date = 2021-04-01}}</ref>a recommended line of research by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC).<ref name="causes">{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/about/possible-causes.html | title = Possible Causes {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | date = 2019-01-18 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us | access-date = 2019-02-13}}</ref>
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