AEGiS-UPI: Red Cross to Check Supply Of Blood for AIDS-like Virus

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Red Cross to Check Supply Of Blood for AIDS-like Virus

United Press International - October 26, 1986

CHICAGO, Oct. 26 - The American Red Cross says immediate steps will be taken to keep out of its blood supply a virus that is believed to cause a form of leukemia.

The virus, HTLV-1, like the AIDS virus HTLV-3, is characterized by long, symptomless incubation. HTLV-1 is thought to lead to adult T-cell leukemia, which causes white blood cells to reproduce in abnormally large amounts.

The Red Cross will begin a pilot program to check 30,000 blood donations for antibodies to the virus.

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