Dr. John Sninsky
Cetus
[stamped, JUL -- 5 1991]
silent HIV
Dear John --
I'd appreciate your helping me, interpret your paper in a recent NEJM. (I realize you were one among a host of authors.)
The main burst [?] is the safety of our sero-screened blood supply. Less than or approximately 1/60000 of those bloods are from PCR plus donors.
But I note that .01 percent (1/10000 donated bloods are seropositive).
So 1/6 (asymptomatic) HIV infected persons are silent -- seronegative? Or what is the correct datum on this?
Yours:
Joshua.