Blood & tissue
Cryos International ApS – Donor 1291-KELD
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Blood & Tissue
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19/04/2018
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been notified by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) of the disease of a child conceived with semen from donor 1291-KELD.The report of the disease described oculocutaneous albinism type 1 (OCA1) in the child, due to mutations in the TRY gene, which encodes the protein tyrinase.
Cryos International ApS – Donor 1291-KELD
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Dengue virus island La Réunion
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Blood & Tissue
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26/03/2018
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the French authority that a sharp increase in dengue virus cases has been recorded on Reunion Island since January 2018.
Dengue virus island La Réunion
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Cryos International ApS – Several Donors
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Blood & Tissue
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13/02/2018
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) about the diseases of children conceived with the semen of the following sperm donors
Cryos International ApS – Several Donors
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Cryos International ApS – Donor-6932
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Blood & Tissue
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06/02/2018
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) about the disease of a child conceived with the semen of sperm donor 6932.
The report of the disease describes a child with developmental delay. Genetic testing by aCGH (array - comparative genomic hybridization) revealed a 4.6Mb deletion on chromosome 3p22.
Cryos International ApS – Donor-6932
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Cryos International ApS – Donor-3614
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Blood & Tissue
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06/02/2018
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it was informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) about the disease of a child conceived with the semen of sperm donor 3614.
The report of the condition described a 6-year-old child diagnosed with Asperger syndrome with signs of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
Cryos International ApS – Donor-3614
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Outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil
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Blood & Tissue
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17/01/2018
The 2016/2017 yellow fever outbreak in Brazil was declared over in September 2017. The upsurge of human cases since December 2017 and non-human primate epizootics since September 2017 indicates a resurgence of the circulation of yellow fever virus in Brazil, and more particularly in São Paulo State.
Outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil
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Nordic Cryobank Group ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) - 5971
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Blood & Tissue
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19/12/2017
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it was informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) about the disease of a child conceived with the semen of sperm donor 5971.
Nordic Cryobank Group ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) - 5971
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Nordic Cryobank Group ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) - 8040/ADLER
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30/10/2017
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it was informed by the Danish tissue bank Nordic Cryobank ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) about a microduplication in the PAR1 regionXp22.33/Yp11.32 in sperm donor 8040/ADLER. The duplication was verified by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification(MLPA; probemix P018-G1 SHOX, MRC-Holland). The duplication does not involve the SHOX gene but is located downstream in the regulatory region.
Nordic Cryobank Group ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) - 8040/ADLER
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WNV Risk areas France
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Blood & Tissue
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25/10/2017
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the French authority that the first human WNV infection has been confirmed in Nice. Therefore, the French authority extends the seasonal WNV surveillance until November 15, 2017.
WNV Risk areas France
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Clusters of autochthonous chikungunya cases in Italy: First Update
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09/10/2017
Italy is currently experiencing four clusters of autochthonous chikungunya cases in the cities of Anzio, Latina and Rome in the Lazio region, and the city of Guardavalle Marina in the Calabria region.
Autochthonous transmission of mosquito-borne infections is not unexpected in areas where Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are established and at a time when environmental conditions are favouring mosquito abundance and activity.
Clusters of autochthonous chikungunya cases in Italy: First Update
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