HIV/AIDS

Research from A. Minga and co-authors in the area of HIV/AIDS published

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 10th, 2010

According to recent research from Cote d'Ivoire, "The residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from blood products in the Abidjan National Blood Transfusion Center was estimated to be 1 in 5780 blood donations over the period 2002 through 2004. We aimed at describing risk behaviors in blood donors who seroconverted for HIV in Abidjan to improve the pre-blood donation selection."

"We investigated the behavioral profile of HIV seroconverters assessed before their HIV diagnosis, during the blood donation selection at the blood bank of Abidjan, and compared it to the profile documented after this HIV diagnosis, at enrollment in the PRIMO-CI cohort....

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2010-05-10)

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