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Anti-HTLV-III testing--a practical solution for blood transfusion services?
Milner Lv, Vorster Bj, Conradie Jd, Peter Brain
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Abstract
Screening blood donations for anti-HTLV-III with a modification to a commercially available test kit has so far been found satisfactory--the reagent cost is less than R1.00 a donation. Should all transfusion services adopt this method, South Africa's total blood donations could be tested at a cost of about R650 000, instead of R2.7 million or more, a year.