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Characteristics of HIV infections, including genotypes and drug resistance mutations, in blood donors in the US
Custer, B., Altan, E., Bruhn, R., Quiner, C., Delwart, E., Hampton, D., Bakkour, S., Stone, M., Reik, R. A., Steele, W., Kessler, D. A., Williamson, P. C., Anderson, S., Stramer, S. L., Busch, M. P., & Transfusion Transmissible Infect (2018). Characteristics of HIV infections, including genotypes and drug resistance mutations, in blood donors in the US. Transfusion, 58(S2), 56A-57A. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.14903
PHP2 - TU3-23 Conclusion: While donors are a selected subset of the general population, when compared to other published data (not shown), the HIV infections in donors who were not deferred before donation appear to be representative of all HIV infections in the US.