Advanced blood testing methods urged as rate of HIV infections increases
By Zheng Caixiong in Guangzhou and Wang Qingyun in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2014-06-26 07:09
Though some Chinese cities now use advanced testing technologies and equipment to ensure the safety of donated blood, more support from local governments is vital, health experts said.
According to a recent report by the central blood bank in Dongguan, Guangdong province, the number of blood donors diagnosed as HIV-positive has been rising in recent years.
Ten of every 100,000 blood donors from 1999 to 2003 were diagnosed as carriers of the HIV/AIDS virus. But from 2008 to 2012, 34 of every 100,000 were carriers.
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