At least 1 in Japan gets HIV from donated blood
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At least one person in Japan has been infected with HIV from a blood transfusion.
A spokesman for the Japanese Red Cross Society said Tuesday that a male donor tested positive for HIV this month.
Red Cross spokesman Akihiko Nakano says the man had also donated blood earlier this year, and two people had received the blood.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Results for the second person have not come out yet.
Japan had a similar case in 2003 with one transfusion recipient testing positive.
All donated blood is screened, but the tests are not foolproof, especially when the infection is in its early stages.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}About 460 to 470 people test positive for HIV in Japan annually.