# The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005, Paragraph


However, the following deferral periods shall apply for the infections listed in the table:
Brucellosis (*)
2 years following the date of full recovery
Osteomyelitis
2 years after confirmed cured
Q fever (*)
2 years following the date of confirmed cure
Syphilis (*)
1 year following the date of confirmed cure
Toxoplasmosis (*)
6 months following the date of clinical recovery
Tuberculosis
2 years following the date of confirmed cure
Rheumatic fever
2 years following the date of cessation of symptoms, unless evidence of chronic heart disease
Fever >38°C
2 weeks following the date of cessation of symptoms
Flu-like illness
2 weeks after cessation of symptoms
Malaria (*)
— individuals who have lived in a malarial area within the first five years of life
3 years following return from last visit to any endemic area, provided person remains symptom free;
may be reduced to 4 months if an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative at each donation.
— individuals with a history of malaria
3 years following cessation of treatment and absence of symptoms.
Donations may be accepted thereafter only if an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative
— asymptomic visitors to endemic areas
6 months after leaving the endemic area unless an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative
— individuals with a history of undiagnosed febrile illness during or within six months of a visit to an endemic area
3 years following resolution of symptoms;
may be reduced to 4 months if an immunologic or molecular test is negative
West Nile Virus (WNV) (*)
28 days after leaving a risk area of locally acquired West Nile Virus unless an individual Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) is negative

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/50/schedule/part/3/paragraph/wrapper5n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/schedule/part-3/paragraph-wrapper5n1
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