How many people have gotten HIV/Hep C from blood transfusion since testing began? - hep.c more condition_symptoms
How many have been documented cases of HIV / hepatitis C through blood transfusions, since the testing began in the 80s-90s. I'm having trouble finding information and research on this topic. Thank you.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Hep.c More Condition_symptoms How Many People Have Gotten HIV/Hep C From Blood Transfusion Since Testing Began?
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There were no documented cases of transmission through blood, since the test runs started in about 1985 / 6 safe for HIV (at least in Canada, not that the United States).
The risk is very low today:
HIV - about 1 in 1.6 million with the current data
Hepatitis C:
HCV - The risk of HCV transmission through blood transfusion decreased significantly after the introduction of testing blood donors for HCV in 1990. The risk was estimated at 1 / 225000 donations from 1987 to 1996 on the model incidence window-period off. The window of time are evidence of HCV nucleic acid amplification (NAT HCV) is shorter than the test anti-HCV. In Canada, the implementation of HCV NAT in pools of 24 samples in 1999 further reduced the risk of HCV transmission through transfusion.
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