An international comparison of HIV prevalence and incidence in blood donors and general population: a BEST Collaborative study.
Marc GermainYves GrégoireBrian S CusterMindy GoldmanMarjorie BravoHany KamelKaty L DavisonStephen FieldKatja van den HurkThijs J W van de LaarDavid O IrvingAnn JonesGiancarlo LiumbrunoSarah MorleySheila F O'BrienJosiane PillonelChristine Torsvik SteinsvågMinoko TakanashiNelson-Hirokazu TsunoMiguel Angel Vesga CarasaSilvano WendelRalph R VassalloPierre Tiberghiennull nullPublished in: Vox sanguinis (2021)
Donor HIV rates are only weakly associated with those observed in the general population. Countries with less stringent deferral criteria have higher HIV rates in their donor population, but the rates remain very low.