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NAT tests: Bloody marvellous!

According to The Star in the past up to two South Africans per year became infected with HIV through blood transfusions, but thanks to nucleic acid testing (NAT), introduced in 2005, that number has dropped to and remained at zero for the past 5 years.
Continue reading | 2 September 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: antibody test, blood donation, hiv prevention, hiv testing, nat test, sanbs, the star, viral load, window period