Attitudes, perceptions and knowledge among men who have sex with men towards the blood donation deferral policy in Israel.

<h4>Background</h4>Men who have sex with men (MSM) are permanently deferred from donating blood in Israel. Pressure to change this policy exists, despite data showing higher prevalence and incidence of HIV in MSM. A survey was conducted to evaluate current knowledge, attitudes, perceptio...

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Main Authors: Itzchak Levy, Liraz Olmer, Yuval Livnat, Adir Yanko, Eilat Shinar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170364&type=printable