title: [Screening for HIV-1 antibodies in recipients of potentially HIV infected preserved blood].
abstract: On 7/1/85 the screening of HIV-1-antibody as marker of HIV infectivity of blood has been introduced in our institute. Since then 76,244 donations have been screened. 15 of long-term donors proved to be seropositive. All their blood preparations before seropositivity were traced back for at least 2 years. The look back of the infectivity of these components is given in the table. The conclusion seems warranted that safety of blood transfusion has clearly improved. The time-interval of seronegative but infectious donations of later seropositive donors, however, remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Transfusionsmedizin, Universität zu Köln.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grunenberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krüger
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies
vernacular_title: Nachuntersuchung auf HIV-1-Antikörper bei Empfängern potentiell HIV-infizierter Blutkonserven.