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The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
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Food and Drug Administration
United States federal agency
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Blood test
Laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample
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Human retrovirus, cause of AIDS
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Blood withdrawal for use by another person via transfusion
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