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A meeting of Regional Transfusion Directors agreed that prison governors should be asked to prevent known drug users from volunteering as donors, but that more information should be obtained about the association with cases of serum hepatitis.

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There were concerns that 22 children were suspected of having AIDS, 3 daughters of the same mother, a sex worker with AIDS (but different fathers), and 7 confirmed cases in heterosexual males with haemophilia, 2 of whom were less than 10 years old, and one case in a homosexual male haemophiliac.

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Dr Gunson reported that "Absolute proof that AIDS is caused by a transmissible infectious agent is not yet available, but the consensus in the Committee was that it should be regarded as such".

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The DHSS had advance notice of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts' intended recommendations from Dr Gunson in May 1983.

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Dr Gunson stated that the most important recommendation coming from the US was the increased usage of cryoprecipitate, commenting that "if this philosophy takes off in the U.K. it will have considerable implications for the Regional Centres and for the plasma supply situation."

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The Lancet described an epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency in Rhesus monkeys.

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Dr Walford stated that the most thought-provoking article about AIDS that she had read so far was in The Lancet, which described an epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency in Rhesus monkeys.

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Dr Gunson raised "informally" with Dr Walford the suggestion of highlighting the message that high risk donors should not donate.

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Dr Wagstaff sought information from regional transfusion directors regarding their use of the AIDS leaflet in around late November 1983.

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The collection of blood finally stopped from closed prisons and borstals in England and Wales at the end of 1984 and from the last open prison in 1986.

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The second leaflet that was introduced in recognition of the limitations of the first was an improvement, because it stated that "Donors in the risk groups must not give blood".

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Dr Hewitt argued that it would be wrong to suggest that only homosexual men who were promiscuous, or who had promiscuous lovers were at risk of contracting AIDS.

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The MMWR reported that the epidemiology of AIDS suggested the involvement of an unidentified blood-borne agent, and the CDC provided an update on cases of AIDS in the US, emphasising the high mortality rate, the expectation that the mortality rate a few years after diagnosis might be far greater and the rapid increase in the reported incidence of AIDS.

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By July there were 10 reported cases of immune failure amongst young gay men in Los Angeles, and by August 70 more.

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The phrase "tip of the iceberg" was used to describe not just one case but all the cases so far known in the population regarding AIDS.

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When considering the withdrawal of US commercial concentrate, it was Dr Craske's view that whilst he was unsure there was enough evidence to justify this, he thought that both the DHSS and haemophilia centre directors "will have to face this problem in the near future, and the earlier it is seriously considered the easier it will be to make a rational decision."

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It was reported that "The Minister of Health said that although it has been suggested that AIDS may be transmitted in blood or blood products there is no conclusive proof that that is so."

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Dr Cash and Dr Scott shared the view that a single UK AIDS leaflet was preferable.

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The Advisory Group on Testing for the Presence of Australia (Hepatitis-Associated) Antigen and Antibody produced its first report.

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A revised version of the Report of the Advisory Group on Testing for the Presence of Australia Hepatitis Associated Antigen and its Antibody was published following a DHSS request for further advice.

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