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Nature Medicine 10, 217 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nm0304-217a

Tainted transfusion leaves Japan scrambling for safer blood tests

David Cyranoski1

  1. Tokyo

Even as the list of emerging pathogens continues to grow, governments are struggling to keep their blood supplies clear of the most pressing known threats. The latest scare comes from Japan, where health officials in December announced that a patient had become infected with HIV after receiving a blood transfusion.