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Three hundred and eighty six patients with Haemophilia B have been tested and 26 have been found HIV antibody positive (6.7 per cent.)Three hundred and twenty seven patients with von Willebrand's disease have been tested and nine have been found HIV antibody positive (2.7 per cent.)No comparable figures are yet routinely available to demonstrate the absence of HIV infection in haemophiliacs treated exclusively with heat treated products whether made commercially or by the National Health Service.