Erhebungen zur Anti HAV-, Anti HBc-, Anti HCV- und Anti HIV-Prävalenz bei Kindern mit Hämophilie und Von-Willebrand-Syndrom aus den Hämophilie-Zentren in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt

Incidence of Infectious and Noninfectious Side Effects in Hemophilia Patients in the New German Federal States during Treatment with Cryoprecipitate

“…2-6 Nevertheless, we were able to confirm that the cryoprecipitates used by us in the 1980s protected our patients from HIV infection. 5 However, protection from HIV infection was not achieved by inactivation of the virus or by other technical means but was a consequence of the prevailing epidemiology at that time. Because in the GDR the population groups who were blood donors were almost totally excluded from traveling, spread of HIV was limited to a few isolated cases.…”

“…[3][4][5][6] It is generally held that hepatitis A is relatively rarely transmitted by plasma preparations. In 1992, 6 of our 40 patients tested positive.…”