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Dr Aronstam said in his thesis, "Hepatitis has always been a risk", but "the risk increased markedly with the introduction of pooled concentrated preparations of factor VIII".

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Pupils at Treloar's were being examined for any signs of the "stigmata of AIDS".

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Concentrate usage at Treloar's was recorded at its highest level.

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Dr Aronstam continued prophylaxis treatment with unheated concentrates.

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Dr Aronstam recorded that 37 pupils had tested positive for HIV.

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A report in Sweden suggested jaundice as an adverse effect of vaccination with a viral cause.

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The US Surgeon General realised human serum could transmit hepatitis from donors to recipients of the vaccine.

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A Senior Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health wrote to Dr Panton noting jaundice had followed receipt of mumps convalescent serum, yellow fever vaccine, and whole blood or plasma transfusion. He concluded that the association between transfusion and jaundice "may have been overlooked".

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The Emergency Blood Transfusion Service recognised that blood transfusion may result in delayed jaundice.

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A memorandum to the Medical Research Council Jaundice Committee on Administration of Field Aspects submitted that hepatitis caused by serum transfusion after long intervals was "beyond doubt".

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An Expert Committee on Hepatitis of the World Health Organisation reported serum hepatitis as a serious problem and suggested five preventative measures.

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The Lancet reported larger pools caused a higher incidence of hepatitis.

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A circular from the Scottish Home and Health Department stated "All blood for transfusion must be regarded as potentially contaminated" and that "No transfusion should be undertaken unless the benefits outweigh the risk of hepatitis."

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Testing of blood donations for raised alanine transaminase (ALT) commenced in Germany.

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Testing of blood donations for raised alanine transaminase (ALT) commenced in Italy.

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CDC reported a cluster of five people suffering from immune system failure.

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CDC reported a further 36 cases of AIDs.

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CDC reported an additional 70 cases of AIDs.

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Cases of the failure of the immune system were reported in intravenous drug users.

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The possibility that the cause of AIDS was an infectious agent developed as a leading CDC hypothesis.

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