Japanese officials were aware of HIV in blood products

Prevention of HIV transmission through blood and blood products: experiences in Mexico.

As of August 1988, 1,628 cases of AIDS had been reported in Mexico, of which 12% were ascribed to transmission through blood. Of the 201 subjects infected by blood, 159 (79%) were infected through transfusions. The relatively high number of such cases was found to be associated with a prevalence of HIV infection of 7% among paid donors as compared with a prevalence of 0.1% among volunteer donor...

Bioaccumulation of Lead in the Tissues of Japanese Quails and Its Effects on Blood Biochemical Factors

Background: Lead is the oldest known toxic metal, physiologically and biologically harmful to living creatures. This study aimed to evaluate the lead accumulation in the liver and breast muscles of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) and to compare concentrations in both sexes and its effect on blood biochemical factors. Methods: Twenty-four young farm Japanese quails (25 day old) prepared fr...

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Prevalence of HIV Infection in Thalassemic Patients Receiving Blood Transfusion in Chaharmahal-bakhtiari Province in 2006

Background and Objective: Patients with thalassemia major have an abnormality in hemoglobin synthesis and ineffective hematopoiesis and for this reason with respect to disease severity should receive one or more fresh blood unit every 15-30 days. Since transfusion of blood products has been known as one ...

Blood money: Bayer's inventory of HIV-contaminated blood products and third world hemophiliacs.

This article presents an overlooked case of research misconduct and violations of basic principles of medical and business ethics. When Bayer's Cutter Laboratories realized that their blood products, Factor VIII and IX or antihemophiliac factor (AHF), were contaminated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the financial investment in the product was considered too high to destroy the invento...