Bloodborne HIV: Don't Get Stuck!

Unexpected HIV infections in children:  A study among children hospitalized for malnutrition in Bobo Dioulasso during 1989-90 found 48 children aged 12-48 months to be infected with HIV-1 and/or HIV-2 (a less-dangerous relative of HIV-1). Eleven of the 48 children had HIV-negative mothers. The authors of the study attributed 6 of these 11 non-vertical (ie, not mother-to-child) infections to blood transfusions, while the other 5 children “presented a history of multi-injections, suggesting the involvement of this mode of transmission.” Source: Prazuck T, Tall F, Nacro B, et al. HIV infection and severe malnutrition: a clinical and epidemiological study in Burkina Faso. AIDS 1993, 7: 103-108. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8442899 (accessed 14 October 2018).

Unexpected HIV infections in adults: In a 2010 national survey, among young adults aged 15-24 years, the 0.4% (~10/2,630) of self-declared virgin men and women who were HIV-positive exceeded the 0.3% (~17/5,639) HIV-positive for all young adults. Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie et ICF International. Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples du Burkina Faso 2010. Calverton, Maryland: ICF International, 2012. Available at: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR256/FR256.pdf (accessed 26 May 2022).