Transmission of HIV by transfusion of screened blood. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • To the Editor: Despite evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of donor-screening procedures for HIV type 1 (HIV-1),1,2there remains considerable concern among members of the general public about the safety of the blood supply. Both indirect and direct estimates of the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV-1 infection have been reported. Cumming et al.1based their estimate of a risk of 0.00065 percent (1 in 153,000) on test results from donors at 41 regional blood centers in the United States and on the probability of a seropositive donation during an eight-week window period. We recently reported the interim results of a large, prospective. 1990, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • N Engl J Med

author list (cited authors)

  • Donahue, J. G., Nelson, K. E., Muoz, A., McAllister, H. A., Yawn, D. H., Ness, P. M., & Cohen, N. D.

citation count

  • 31

complete list of authors

  • Donahue, JG||Nelson, KE||Muñoz, A||McAllister, HA||Yawn, DH||Ness, PM||Cohen, ND

publication date

  • December 1990