- A decline in HIV prevalence among blood donors through 1998, followed by stabilization at around 0.5 per 10,000 new donors between 1998 and 2005. - Stability in HIV incidence among known donors between 1994 and 2005: it was 1.16 per 100,000 during the 2003–2005 period. - Increase in the proportion of non-B subtype viruses between the periods 1985–1987 (6%) and 2003–2005 (31%). - Very low residual risk of HIV transmission through transfusion: 1 in 2,600,000 donations, or approximately one infection per year. - Limited benefit of viral genomic screening implemented in July 2001: over four and a half years, it identified and excluded 4 HIV-infected donations.