In:
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Vol. 59, No. 03 ( 1988), p. 396-399
Abstract:
A national multicentre study was performed to investigate the effects of donorselection and the use of heat-treated plasma products on seroconversion to HIV in 157 Dutch haemophiliacs. All patients included in the study were seronegative for HIV antibodies in 1983. Thirteen percent (20/157) seroconverted between 1983 and 1986. Nineteen of 20 seroconversions could be related to the use of non heat-treated products in the year preceding HIV antibody seroconversion. One seroconversion occurred in a person using heat-treated non donor screened product. Seroconversion rate decreased as a result of the policy to discourage high risk blood donors and no seroconversions were observed following the introduction of donor screening in 1985.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0340-6245
,
2567-689X
DOI:
10.1055/s-0038-1647503
Language:
English
Publisher:
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Publication Date:
1988
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