[HIV antigen test of blood donors].
The importance of an optimal diagnostic standard for the prevention of transfusion-associated AIDS (TAA) was recently enforced by a decision of our Supreme Court. Although only 18 transfusion-associated HIV infections following transfusion of approximately 30 million blood units were officially reported since 1985, HIV-1 p24 antigen testing of blood donors was introduced in Hamburg and by the Bavarian Red Cross in summer 1992. So far, no p24 antigen-positive, HIV antibody-negative blood donor has been found (May 1993).
Knödler
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Abteilung für Transfusionsmedizin und Transplantationsimmunologie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, BRD.
Kühnl
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D001782:Blood Donors; D005858:Germany; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000097:blood*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
D015483:HIV Antibodies; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24