National focus on the AIDS epidemic has-stimulated an urgent need to prevent our blood resources transmitting a multiplicity of blood-borne viruses (BBVs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), non-A, non-B hepatitis virus (NANBHVs), hepatitis B virus (HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-I/II, variants of HIV, and several other viral agents whose importance has not been fully recognized. Assessment of adsorption for virus or chemical inactivation in the experimentally infected units of blood components and plasma products is envisaged by using HIV as a prototype in vitro cultures and viral gene detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL041361-02
Application #
3359112
Study Section
(SRC)
Project Start
1988-07-01
Project End
1991-06-30
Budget Start
1989-07-15
Budget End
1990-06-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1989
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California San Francisco
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
073133571
City
San Francisco
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94143