Appendix – HIV Group O countries of risk – Africa
This list is subject to change due to updates by the Food and Drug Administration. It is
possible that FDA has issued a more current list of countries. Users are responsible for
maintaining a current list of the countries.
HIV Group O Countries:
Benin
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Kenya
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Togo
Zambia
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug
Administration, Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for Management of Donors at
Increased Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Group O Infection,
dated August 2009
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformatio
n/Guidances/Blood/ucm180817.htm
DHQ-HPC, Cord Blood UserInstApp HIV v 1.2
eff. March 2016