title: Transfusion related HIV infection: the Wellington experience.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Wellington Hospital.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Romeril
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seneviratne
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: 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