Screening test of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection was introduced on korean Blood Donor test Program in July 1987, and the test results between July 1987 and December 1990 were reported on the Korean Journal of blood Transfusion on
May
1992.
Moreover, we assessed anti-HIV ELISA screening test result of 3,905,986 blood donors donated at Korean Red Cross Blood Centers between January 1991 and December 1993. The sero-positivity of anti-HIV ELISA screening test was 0.26% in 1991, 0.30%
in
1992
and 0.18% in 1993. 0.15% of all donors in 1991 was reactive repective repeatedly, and 0.15% in 1992 and 0.08% in 1993. The prevalence of HIV infected donors confirmed by Western Blot Assay was 0.0003% in 1991, 0.0015% in 1992, and 0.0009% in
1993.
The
sero-positivities of anti-HIV screening tests with AIDSDIA(r) reagent and HIVIRO(r) reagent were 0.31% and 0.17% and the difference was significantly (P<0.05). The sero-positivities of ELISA screening and Western Blot Assay detecting anti-HIV
were
lower
in soldier group than in non-soldier donor group (P<0.05).
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