Transfusion related HIV infection: the Wellington experience.
A case of transfusion-related AIDS is described which is believed to be the first published case to occur in New Zealand in a nonhaemophiliac patient. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive donor was shown to be the source of infection in five further HIV positive recipients.
Romeril
K R
KR
Wellington Hospital.
Fong
R
R
Dixon
S G
SG
Carter
J M
JM
Seneviratne
E
E
Shaw
C E
CE
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*; D001782:Blood Donors; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D065227:Transfusion Reaction