Four trans­plant patients in Chicago have contracted HIV from the organ donor. It is alleged to be the first case of such trans­mission in the U.S. in 13 years. Initial tests on the donor for HIV, hepatitis and other condi­tions came back negative, most likely because the donor had acquired the infec­tions in the last three weeks before death. Personal details about the donor were not released [to the recip­ients or their doctors] by medical official [sic] officials, who cited privacy laws. Emphasis added. The screening process has, granted, been (appar­ently) successful in preventing tissue trans­plant trans­mission of HIV for 13 years. [ . . . ]

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