Skin graft A.I.D.S.
NZPA-PA London The A.I.D.S. virus has been passed through a skin graft, the British Department of Health confirmed yesterday. The new “London Daily News” had reported that the victim underwent the operation in a Roehampton hospital after being seriously burned on the face and hands in an accident at his home. The skin had been tested for A.1.D.5., but doctors operated before receiving the results because the procedure took so long, said the paper.
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Press, 25 February 1987, Page 10
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