Deferral from donating blood of men who have sex with men: Impact on the risk of HIV transmission by transfusion in France

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Pillonel, J ^a   Heraud Bousquet, V ^a   Pelletier, B ^b   Semaille, C ^a   Velter, A ^a   Saura, C ^a   Desenclos, J C ^a   Danic, B ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

Blood donor selection; HIV residual risk; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DONOR SELECTION; FRANCE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84655169704     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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