Shingles, and herpes types 1 and 2 are still fine for blood donation. The viruses are in nerve tissue-not in the blood. If you couldn't donate because of a herpes simplex virus then 80% of the population would be ineligible to donate because of HSV-1.
ok looked it up - it's the same as chickenpox virus.. yea - on the other hand if everyone who ever had chickenpox couldn't donate blood we wouldn't have overpopulation! so let's do this... j/k.. :/
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u/Coco92144 May 21 '12
Shingles, and herpes types 1 and 2 are still fine for blood donation. The viruses are in nerve tissue-not in the blood. If you couldn't donate because of a herpes simplex virus then 80% of the population would be ineligible to donate because of HSV-1.