Blood transfusion and HIV

August 16, 2008

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It was reported in Argentina that two intensive-care patients contracted HIV after receiving blood transfusions at public hospitals in the Argentine province of Cordoba.

An unidentified donor gave blood at a Cordoba city hospital in December, testing negative for HIV, when the donor returned in May to give blood again, tests came back positive for the virus – but the blood had already been transfused.

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Written by Andrew Jackson · Filed Under All, News 

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