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Dr Chitra Bharucha gave written evidence to the Inquiry, stating that there was no HIV database for donors in the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service. Dr Bharucha recalled that there were two donors who were confirmed positive for HIV.

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Three cases of suspected AIDS in people with haemophilia were reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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The Department of Health and Social Security was alerted to "considerable publicity in the next couple of weeks concerning the safety of American Factor VIII."

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The Second International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host was held. A paper was presented, which referred to "an alarming epidemic of...AIDS...in certain cities in the United States."

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In his statement to the Penrose Inquiry, Professor Ian Hann described the Second International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, where he was first exposed to the problem of AIDS, as a "bombshell".

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In his oral evidence to Inquiry, Professor Ian Hann stated that he left the Second International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host thinking that AIDS was likely caused by a new viral agent and that it might possibly be relevant to patients with haemophilia.

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In her statement to the Inquiry, Dr Elizabeth Mayne recalled discussing with Dr John Craske, Professor Arthur Bloom and Dr Peter Kernoff an article published in The Lancet, which suggested the possibility of an infective agent for AIDS.

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An article titled "Immunocompromised Homosexuals" was published in The Lancet describing five cases of young homosexual men being treated for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in Los Angeles.

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The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States convened its first interagency meeting in an effort to recruit the assistance of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health in laboratory research and in investigating the history and cause of the disease.

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According to Dr Bruce Evatt at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, his division started to "vigorously pursue the possibility that the new syndrome was blood borne" in early 1982 and that "June and July became pivotal months in CDC thinking about AIDS."

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A regional transfusion directors meeting was held. There was no discussion of AIDS.

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The inaugural meeting of the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis was held. There was no consideration of the threat of AIDS.

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In his letter to Dr Harold Gunson, Dr John Craske proposed changing the name of the National Blood Transfusion Service Working Party on Post Transfusion Hepatitis to the Working Party on Transfusion Associated Diseases to allow for a discussion of problems which might arise, such as cytomegalovirus infections transmitted by the transfusion of AIDS.

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The regional transfusion directors' Committee Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis was constituted. Its terms of references were agreed as follows: (i) the promotion of investigations of the epidemiology of transfusion-associated hepatitis; (ii) the promotion of research into methods of prevention; and (iii) making recommendations to the directors of the UK Transfusion Service regarding procedures and screening tests.

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A meeting of regional transfusion directors was held. There was no discussion of the threat of AIDS.

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A meeting of the Advisory Committee of the National Blood Transfusion Service was held. There was no discussion of the threat of AIDS.

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A meeting of the UK Working Party of Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis was held. Dr John Craske summarised the current situation on AIDS and mentioned the involvement of homosexuals. It was noted that in the US it was recommended that homosexuals with AIDS be deferred from donating blood or organs. There was no consideration of the UK following suit.

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A meeting of the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis was held. The topic of AIDS was discussed.

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A meeting of the Central Blood Laboratories Authority was held. Dr Harold Gunson reported that regional transfusion directors had considered all the American literature on AIDS, and at the next meeting of their committee it would be recommended that no further measures be taken, apart from those that had already been carried out.

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The Department of Health held a telephone discussion with Dr Harold Gunson to discuss actions being taken on AIDS. Several actions were discussed in relation to the approach to UK blood donors.

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