What is it about?
The aim of the present study is to assess risk factors for HIV seropositive blood donors as determined at postdonation counseling in 5 years of data at one of the largest hospitals in Latin America.
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Why is it important?
Improvement of the predonation interview should contribute to decrease of residual risk of HIV in the blood supply.
Perspectives
Our study showed that male‐male sexual behavior was the strongest predictor of HIV infection among male blood donors, whereas for women, their sexual partners' risk behaviors were the strongest predictors of HIV infection. The challenge for blood banking practice is to create the right environment so donors can answer honestly at screening but systematic and controlled studies to see how to best elicit accurate and honest answers need further research.
Dr Cesar de Almeida-Neto
Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo
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This page is a summary of: Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection among blood donors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and their relevance to current donor deferral criteria, Transfusion, April 2007, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01161.x.
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