title: AIDS: a problem for the transfusion service?
abstract: The first case of AIDS associated with blood transfusion was described in 1982. Over the following two years great advances were made in the understanding and prevention of this new hazard associated with blood transfusion, culminating in 1985 with the introduction of a screening test for blood donation.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001782:Blood Donors; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D012306:Risk; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D005169:Factor VIII