title: Anti-HTLV-III testing--a practical solution for blood transfusion services?
abstract: Screening blood donations for anti-HTLV-III with a modification to a commercially available test kit has so far been found satisfactory--the reagent cost is less than R1.00 a donation. Should all transfusion services adopt this method, South Africa's total blood donations could be tested at a cost of about R650 000, instead of R2.7 million or more, a year.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic