what are the viral transfusion transmitted diseases
A Transfusion transmitted infection (TTI) is a virus, parasite, or other potential pathogen that can be transmitted in donated blood through a transfusion to a recipient. The term is usually limited to known pathogens, but also sometimes includes agents such as Simian foamy virus which are not known to cause disease.he virus that causes AIDS is the best known of the transfusion-transmitted infections because of high-profile cases such as Ryan White, a hemophiliac who was infected through factor VIII, a blood-derived medicine used to treat the disease.