Evaluation of Screened Blood Donations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection by Culture and DNA Amplification of Pooled Cells - Concepedia

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Evaluation of Screened Blood Donations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection by Culture and DNA Amplification of Pooled Cells

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1991

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Michael P. Busch, Bernard E. Eble, H Khayam-Bashi, David C. Heilbron, Edward L. Murphy, Shirley Kwok, John J. Sninsky, Herbert A. Perkins, Girish N. Vyas

New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

Silent HIV-1 infections are exceedingly rare among screened blood donors, so the current risk of HIV-1 transmission from blood transfusions, even in high-prevalence metropolitan areas, is extremely low.

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