AIDS and Blood

In 1982, CDC investigations provided additional support for the hypothesis that AIDS was transmitted through blood products. The CDC reported that hemophiliac patients who had received commercial plasma concentrated from multiple donors were developing AIDS (1982d). This caused some suspicion, but a...

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Published inLethal Decisions p. 13
Main Author ARTHUR J. AMMANN
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Vanderbilt University Press 21.02.2017
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Summary:In 1982, CDC investigations provided additional support for the hypothesis that AIDS was transmitted through blood products. The CDC reported that hemophiliac patients who had received commercial plasma concentrated from multiple donors were developing AIDS (1982d). This caused some suspicion, but as commercial plasma was being administered in multiple doses to thousands of hemophiliacs each year, it was difficult to understand why only a few had developed AIDS if blood products were indeed the cause of the disorder. Nevertheless, taken together, the evidence for transmission of AIDS through blood transfusion was suggestive enough to convince me and some of my
ISBN:0826521258
9780826521255
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv16757zv.6