Prevalence of HIV infection among Israel's Ethiopian immigrants

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 347; no. 8998; p. 389
• Main Author: Fishman, RachelleH.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 10.02.1996; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: AIDS/HIV; Black people; Blood & organ donations; Blood banks; Blood Donors; Emigration and Immigration; Ethiopia - ethnology; HIV; HIV Infections - ethnology; HIV Seroprevalence; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Israel - epidemiology; Prevalence; Ethiopia; Israel

Reports that the Israeli blood bank was routinely discarding all but the most rare of blood donations from Ethiopians because they come from a high-risk HIV region are discussed.