Division Duration of deferral period
United Kingdom
After an infectious illness, prospective donors shall be deferred for at least two weeks following the date of full clinical recovery.
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 cured |
| Syphilis (*) | 1 year following the date of confirmed cured |
| Toxoplasmosis (*) | 6 months following the date of clinical recovery |
| Tuberculosis | 2 years following the date of confirmed cured |
| Rheumatic fever | 2 years following the date of cessation of symptoms, unless evidence of chronic heart disease |
| Fever > °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. Accept thereafter only if an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative |
| — asymptomatic 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) (*) | F128 days after leaving a risk area of locally acquired West Nile Virus unless an individual Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) is negative |