Prevalence of Anti-HIV and Anti-delta Among Deferred HBsAg-Positive Volunteer Blood Donors
- MARIA D. DEMEDINA, M.S.P.H.;
- LENNOX J. JEFFERS, M.D.;
- K. RAJENDER REDDY, M.D.;
- STEVE Y. VILLANUEVA, M.D.;
- WENDY BRENDEL, MT(ASCP)SBB;
- BRUCE LENES, M.D.;
- PETER TOMASULO, M.D.; and
- EUGENE R. SCHIFF, M.D.
- Veterans Administration Medical Center; University of Miami School of Medicine; American Red Cross Blood Services, South Florida Region; Miami, FL 33101
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To the editor: Concomitant infection with the human immunodefiency virus (HIV) or delta infection among asymptomatic blood donors positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) has not been well characterized. Therefore, an unlinked study to determine existing parallels in the prevalence of anti-HIV and anti-delta among deferred positive HBsAg asymptomatic volunteer blood donors was done. Donors were screened at the American Red Cross-South Florida Region from April 1984 to June 1985. Fifty-five percent of the volunteer blood donors were men and 45% women. Hepatitis B surface antigen, anti-delta, and anti-HIV were determined by commercially available enzyme-linked immunoassay (Abbott Laboratories, North
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