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DOCN M9630192
TI Trends in incidence of AIDS associated with transfusion of blood and
blood products in Europe and the United States, 1985-93.
DT 9603
AU Franceschi S; Dal Maso L; La Vecchia C; Servizio di Epidemiologia,
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico,; Aviano, Italy.
SO BMJ. 1995 Dec 9;311(7019):1534-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96101226
AB OBJECTIVE--To quantify patterns and trends in incidence of AIDS
associated with transfusion of blood and its products in 14 European
countries and the United States. DESIGN--Data were derived from the
World Health Organisation's European non-aggregate AIDS dataset and, for
the United States, from the Centers for Disease Control AIDS public
information dataset. Rates were standardised by using the world standard
populations and adjusted for reporting delays in each country.
SUBJECTS--Cases of AIDS in patients with haemophilia and recipients of
transfusions. RESULTS--Overall, between 1985 and 1993 almost 6000 cases
of AIDS associated with transfusions were registered in the 14 European
countries considered and over 8000 in the United States between 1985 and
1992. Most European countries had annual age adjusted rates lower than
0.5 per million children aged 12 or less and between 1 and 2 per million
adults. The United States had rates around 1 per million children and 5
per million adults in the most recent period. For children, the highest
rates were generally reached in 1985-7, whereas in adults the highest
rates were in the late 1980s. France had the highest overall incidence
of AIDS related to transfusion in Europe (3.3 per million). Romania had
a major epidemic in children (over 30 cases per million children in
1988-90). Incidence rates of AIDS associated with transfusion were still
increasing in some southern European countries in the early 1990s.
CONCLUSIONS--Apart from in France and Romania it is clear that rates of
bloodborne AIDS in European countries are lower than those registered in
the United States.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
Adolescence Adult Aged Blood Component Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS
Blood Transfusion/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Child Child, Preschool
Europe/EPIDEMIOLOGY Female Hemophilia/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY Human
Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Age Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).