First report of human immunodeficiency virus transmission via an RNA‐screened blood donation

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Authors

Eric Delwart · University of California, San Francisco

N. D. Kalmin · South Texas Blood and Tissue Center

T. Stephen Jones · South Texas Blood and Tissue Center

Daniel Ladd · Scott & White Memorial Hospital

Brian Foley · Los Alamos National Laboratory

Leslie H. Tobler · Blood Systems Research Institute

Rose Tsui

Abstract

Even following the introduction of MP-NAT, a preseroconversion donation with a viral load of <or= 150 copies of RNA/ml went undetected and resulted in an HIV transmission. Implementation of ID-NAT will further reduce such rare transmissions, but at a considerable cost per infectious unit interdicted.

Topics & Keywords

HIV Research and Treatment Blood groups and transfusion Hepatitis C virus research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Vox Sanguinis

Volume 86, Issue 3, pp. 171-177

DOI: 10.1111/j.0042-9007.2004.00416.x

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