Subject: Flu Vaccines Giving False Positives for HIV
Date: Published: 12/19/91 (19 lines)
Source: Wall Street Journal. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc.

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    Flu vaccines are producing false positive results on some
 tests for the AIDS virus, U. S. officials said.  Prospective
 blood donors who received a flu vaccine registered the false
 results.  Officials said this poses no risk to the blood
 supply, since such blood isn't used.  They added that the
 vaccine carries no risk of infection with the AIDS virus.

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