The procedures designed to minimize the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
transmission through transfusion include donor self-exclusion, health history questions …

Although transfusion-associated AIDS cases make up a small proportion of all cases, they
continue to teach us a great deal about the disease. The first reports of AIDS in transfusion …

The first report of the transmission of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) by
transfused blood appeared in December 1982. In the absence of a known cause or a …

(Table 1), AIDS has certainly been the major focus of public and scientific concern over the
past five years. Since the spring of 1985, all volunteer blood donors have been screened for …

The risk of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus to recipients of blood
transfusions exists chiefly during the period between the time a donor is infected and the …

Background To conduct a multicenter, prospective survey within the program of the
Cooleycare Cooperative Group to evaluate the rate of transfusion-transmitted infections with …

To evaluate the efficacy of measures for preventing the transmission of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by blood transfusion, trends in transfusion‐associated cases …

Prevention of the transmission of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) by
transfusion has been the most successful area of epidemiologic control of the disease. Only …

Four key measures help keep the use of blood safe. First, all who prescribe blood should try
to limit the frequency of homologous transfusion by responding only to patients' physiologic …

Cases of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection acquired from transfusion
of screened antibody-negative blood have been reported since 1986. Recent reports have …