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The New York Times - April 14, 1984
Nine of the 12 recipients died, but their deaths were unrelated to the transfusions, Dr. Sudhir Gupta of the University of California-Irvine Medical Center said Thursday.
Of the three who survived, only one has abnormalities that may indicate acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, said Dr. Edgar Engleman of the Stanford University blood center.
"The finding doesn't necessarily mean he's going to get AIDS," Dr. Engleman said.
A second survivor has no signs of AIDS, and the third recipient, who has just been found in Los Angeles County, has not yet undergone blood tests.
The syndrome, apparently spread by sexual contact or through blood or blood products, ravages the body's ability to ward off infection.
The risk of contracting AIDS through transfusion is less than six in a million, said Dr. James Curran, head of the national Centers for Disease Control's AIDS project in Atlanta.
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