Abstract
To the Editor: Despite evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of donor-screening procedures for HIV type 1 (HIV-1),1,2 there 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.1 based 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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1709 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 323 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 13 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine