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1669759

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred and ninety HIV-1 antibody positive donors have been detected, out of 14.85 million blood donations screened in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, since the start of testing in October 1985 to the end of March 1991. There were 145 men and 45 women, with an overall seropositivity rate of 0.001%. Records for new donors (ie, those donating for the first time) have been kept since February 1986 and 79 out of 1.9 million donations have been seropositive (58 men and 21 women); a rate of 0.004%. One hundred and forty-one (74.2%) of the 190 positive donors were found to have been exposed to a high risk of HIV infection. Twenty-four (13%) denied any exposure other than heterosexual intercourse with partners who were not considered to be at high risk. In six cases the partners were from countries where the main route of transmission is heterosexual. Seven donors (4%) attributed infection to some other cause. Eighteen (9.5%) have been lost to follow-up, are still being investigated or have not yet been interviewed. Combined tests which screen for both HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies were introduced in June 1990. The last 2.55 million donations (including 370,000 new donors) have been tested with these kits. One HIV-2 antibody positive donation had been confirmed in a new donor by the end of March 1991.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0144-1108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R144-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Screening of blood donations for HIV-1 antibody: 1985-1991.
pubmed:affiliation
North Western Regional Transfusion Centre, Manchester.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article