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Goodman spoke after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released information that suggests that the virus can survive in donated blood for several days and that some blood recipients may have been sickened by infected blood. A woman in Mississippi caught West Nile after receiving transfusions from three infected donors. CDC doctors called that case “highly suspicious” and said that West Nile “probably can be spread by transfusion.” Previously, doctors were not sure whether it was possible to spread West Nile through blood, although a Georgia case in which donated organs spread the virus to tour recipients in August raised that possibility. Blood banks said they expected the FDA s announce ment. Dr. Louis Katz, president elect of industry group America’s Blood Centers, said the important question is not whether West Nile can be trans mitted through blood, because it probably can. but whether it is a threat big enough to warrant testing all donations. “Does it rise to the level of appropriate screening’ what we have to figure ihii, said, adding that sonic di known to be spread transfusion are not screened because they are so rare. West Nile emerged in the United Slates just three years ago. The CDC has reported more than 1,700 human cases of West Nile virus so far this year, including 84 deaths. The weak and elderly are especially vulnerable to the virus. which can cause encephalitis, a potentially lethal inflammation of the brain. The CDC also warned doc tors Thursday that West Nile can cause acute polio-like paralysis in some cases. Doctors were urged to test patients for West Nile if they report sudden, pain less paralysis but do not appear NEWS IN BRIEF That *! " Kali d through to have had a stroke. Most people who it infected w ith the \irus v - ill effects at all; others only flu-like symptoms Researchers also ji- that not all patients wh- tainted blood will hecor : ed ss ith West Nile. TV reported a July case in. 55-year-old woman-: contaminated blood c orthopedic procedure b. tested positive for the . -. While repeating tfa* etits of blisod transfu" outweigh the risks of... Wcm Nile, Goodr. patients seeking electm may want to talk withts tors about delaying th dure or donating theirss to be used later on (her The screening procr prove tricky becau* V is not like other i screened out of the H> ply. For one thing, tfc much harder io detect. \ inis such as HIV beat are relatively small ® . 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