| high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in children with thalassemia exposed to blood imported from the united states. | 38.5% or 10 of 26 children with thalassemia who had received blood transfusion have tested positive for hiv at the hamad general hospital, doha, qatar. blood for transfusion was obtained from commercial suppliers in miami, florida, since late 1970. since december 1985 all blood for transfusion has been tested for hiv for elisa kits from abbott laboratories, chicago, ill, and confirmed by western blot. these children ranged from 3-13 years old, mean 7.7, and had received an average of 63.5 tra ... | 1987 | 3670941 |