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Transfusion Litigation

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 3, no. 1 (Winter 1988): 74
Duncan Barr

As of May 11, 1987, 338 cases of AIDS among hemophiliacs had been reported in the United States and there were an additional 762 cases of individuals who had contracted AIDS through blood transfusions. The number of lawsuits brought to date against all manufacturers of antihemophilic factor used by hemophiliacs totals only 26. The total number of lawsuits against all blood banks in the United States arising out of transfusions is unknown but is estimated to be over 100.
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