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GMCarter - 30 Jan 2007 12:55 GMT

I made an error:
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/blood-ss/blood2.htm

They ONLY test for antibody response to HIV. SO that's a bit
disturbing.

Given the many scandals in the blood supply during the 80s and early
90s during which time many people with hemophilia were infected, the
fact that donors aren't screened via PCR is a bit disturbing if not
surprising.

It's a business after all...but then, none of you denialists will give
a rat's a.s.

George M. Carter

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Chris Noble - 31 Jan 2007 04:12 GMT

> I made an error:
> http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/blood-ss/blood2.htm
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> George M. Carter

I'd check a more recent document.

NAT testing has been used to screen blood donations in Australia for
a number of years.

This was partly prompted by this case.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/hiv-a13.shtml

Chris Noble

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GMCarter - 31 Jan 2007 11:27 GMT

snip

>I'd check a more recent document.

Thanks for catching that! It was old.

>NAT testing has been used to screen blood donations in Australia for
>a number of years.
>
>This was partly prompted by this case.
>
>http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/hiv-a13.shtml

Fingers crossed--I imagine they do use PCR more routinely these days.

George

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Death - 02 Feb 2007 01:32 GMT

"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message

> They ONLY test for antibody response to HIV. SO that's a bit
> disturbing.

wow, do you really fall for that crap?

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