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Transfusion‐associated AIDS
Author(s) -
Perkins Herbert A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830190314
Subject(s) - medicine , blood transfusion , blood bank , population , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transmission (telecommunications) , immunology , disease , antibody , emergency medicine , environmental health , electrical engineering , engineering
Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease (AIDS) may be transmitted by transfusion of blood components, although the risk remains extremely small. This report reviews the evidence for transmission by transfusion, the risk in several different situations, and the steps blood banks have taken to prevent transfusion of blood from donors at risk for AIDS. A test for the antibody to the virus responsible for AIDS (HTLV‐III) will shortly be in routine use in blood banks, but the frequency with which the results will be falsely negative or falsely positive in a blood donor population remains to be established.