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Man sues after being infected with HIV from transfusion
Published in AIDS Weekly, April 22nd, 2002
David Autrey filed the lawsuit March 15, 2002, in Dallas, San Antonio television station KMOL has reported. The lawsuit names Abbott Laboratories; Dr. Mark Elliott Lawrence, a surgeon; Scott & White Clinic; and the South Texas Blood and Tissue center.
Medical experts confirm the Autrey case is the first time in three years that HIV-tainted blood has slipped through the nation's tougher screening system.
Autrey, 51, who is living in Durango, was infected from an August 2000 blood transfusion...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2002-04-22)
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