Infected blood scandal in the United Kingdom
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title:
Infected blood scandal in the United Kingdom
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From the 1970s to the early 1990s, tens of thousands of people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV as a result of receiving infected blood or infected clotting factor products in the United Kingdom. Many of the products were imported from the United States, and distributed to patients by the National Health Service. Most recipients had haemophilia or had received a blood transfusion following childbirth or surgery. It has been estimated that more than 30,000 patients received contaminated blo
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The historical contamination of blood products in the UK with HIV and hepatitis C virus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infected_blood_scandal_in_the_United_Kingdom
date created:
2010-02-13T14:06:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:11:40Z
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