Estimated Risk of Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Screened Blood in the United States

1995357 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Eve Lackritz · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Glen A. Satten

John Aberle‐Grasse · American Red Cross

Roger Y. Dodd · American Red Cross

Vincent Raimondi

Robert S. Janssen

W. Frank Lewis · American Red Cross

Edward P. Notari · American Red Cross

Abstract

The estimated risk of transmitting HIV by the transfusion of screened blood is very small and nearly half that estimated previously, primarily because the sensitivity of enzyme immunosorbent assays has been improved.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV Research and Treatment Blood donation and transfusion practices

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 333, Issue 26, pp. 1721-1725

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199512283332601

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