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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2013 Feb 27;53(10 Pt 2):2384–2398. doi: 10.1111/trf.12117

TABLE 4.

Modeling of the number (and percentage) of HIV transmission cases by RBCs from 40 p24 Ag–negative ID-NAT WP–yield donations and 28 ECs as a function of the viral load, the screening option, and the minimum infectious dose*

RBC from Range HIV-RNA cps/mL Number Screening option Estimated number (%) of transmission cases according to ID50 in virions
3.16 31.6 316 3160
p24 Ag–negative ID-NAT–positive WP 1–10,000 40 Anti-HIV + Ultrio IDT 1.9 (4.8) 0.8 (2.0) 0.1 (0.2)
Anti-HIV + Ultrio MP4 6.4 (16.0) 3.5 (8.8) 0.7 (1.7)
Anti-HIV + Ultrio MP8 9.8 (24.5) 5.9 (14.8) 1.4 (3.5)
Anti-HIV + TaqScreen MP6 9.8 (24.5) 5.9 (14.8) 1.4 (3.5)
Anti-HIV + Ultrio MP16 13.6 (34.0) 9.1 (22.8) 2.5 (6.2)
Ultrio NR EC 0.1–10 28 Ultrio IDT alone 4.3 (15.5) 0.6 (2.2) 0.06 (0.23)
*

Data are reported as number (%).