A man who received blood transfusions earlier this year at a hospital in eastern Japan has been infected with HIV, government and other sources said Wednesday.
If donated blood were the source of the infection, it would be the first such case since the Japan Red Cross Society introduced a highly sensitive virus detection method in 1999.
The case was reported to the day's meeting of a health ministry committee overseeing blood donations.
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