title: Routine nucleic acid testing of blood donations fails to detect all human immunodeficiency virus-positive blood donors.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fearon
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scalia
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bigham
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hawes
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadkhoda
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D058731:Blood Safety; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral