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Transfusion related HIV infection: the Wellington experience.

N Z Med J. 1987 Nov 11;100(835):673-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88247184
Romeril KR; Fong R; Dixon SG; Carter JM; Seneviratne E; Shaw CE; Wellington Hospital.

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.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*TRANSMISSION Blood Donors Blood Transfusion/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Case Report Human HIV Seropositivity/DIAGNOSIS Male Middle Age New Zealand JOURNAL ARTICLE

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