The Nation - News from Oct. 7, 1988
Federal health officials reported the first case of AIDS contracted through a transplant, in a spinal patient who received a bone graft four years ago. Although transplant patients previously have been infected with the virus that causes AIDS, this is the first reported AIDS infection from bone surgery and the first case ever reported in which a transplant has resulted in AIDS itself, the national Centers for Disease Control said.
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