Open AccessRisk factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection in blood donors in Iran: A case–control study
Author(s) -
Fariba Seighali,
Nasim Sadat Hosseini Divkolaye,
Negar Rezaei,
Masumeh Kangarloo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_47_18
Subject(s) - medicine , imprisonment , odds ratio , logistic regression , substance abuse , confounding , confidence interval , demography , immunology , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
Despite setting the stringent criteria for the selection of safe donors, some human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive volunteers manage to give blood. Considering the window period of screening tests, this could endanger the safety of blood supply.