Petra Lubrano wrote:
>> I am looking for information about HIV type 2. Maybe this
> newsgroup is not the right one for this, but I am running
> out of sources.
Try http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/ or some of the
other HIV/AIDS resources on the WWW.
The sci.med.aids and misc.health.aids newsgroups
are also good places to discuss this.
> Does is seems logical that a woman with a relationship
> for more than 20 years was refused by the bloodbank in
> the netherlands as a donor, because of her relationship
> with a Capeverdean male ?
Yes, it seems very logical. The risk that she
is infected with HIV-1 or HIV-2 may be small, but it is
large enough that the blood bank does not want to take it.
The risks of blood donors having hepatitis viruses, malaria,
HIV-1, HIV-2, CMV etc... are all small, but screening
potential blood donors for "risk factors" such as
travel to a country where the risk is higher, is cheaper
and quicker than actually testing for the pathogens after
taking the blood. The supply of blood donors is apparently
adequate at the moment.
> I can't understand this. Please can somebody
> explain !!!
>> Petra
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