Analysis of the seroprevalence of HIV, HBsAg, HCV and syphilitic infections detected in the pretranfusion blood: A short report

Kulkarni, Nagarekha

doi:10.5348/ijbti-2012-6-sr-1

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“…The low prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections rate in this study may be attributed to increased number of voluntary donors donating blood and aslo following strict screening criteria at our blood bank Majority of the donors (98%) were males, which is comparable to the study done by Kulkarni et al [10], Rao, et al [9] and Arora et al [5] …”

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confidence: 78%

“…Seroprevalence of HCV is 0.06, which is less compared to other studies such as Kulkarni et al [10]. Anti-HCV test has been made mandatory by the Government of India from June 2001.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 38%

“…This study highlights 0.12% prevalence of syphilis infection, which is high compared to study done by Kulkarni et al [10] which showewd 0.04%. But Pallavi et al observed in their study a much higher prevalence of 0.28% with respect to syphilis [11].…”

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confidence: 41%

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A Retrospective Study of Screening of Common Transfusion Transmitted Infections in the Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Centre

Pailoor¹,

S²,

Rai³

et al. 2015

J Blood Disord Transfus

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Introduction: Transfusion of blood and blood components, as a specialized modality of patient management saves millions of lives worldwide each year and reduce morbidity. It is well known that blood transfusion is associated with a large number of complications, some are only trivial and others are potentially life threatening, demanding for meticulous pre-transfusion testing and screening particularly for transfusion transmissible infections (TTI). The priority objective of blood transfusion screening (BTS) is thus to ensure safety, adequacy, accessibility and efficiency of blood supply at all levels.The objective of the present study was to assess the seroprevalence and trend of transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) among voluntary and replacement blood donors in the blood bank of Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Seroprevalence of HCV is 0.06, which is less compared to other studies such as Kulkarni et al [10]. Anti-HCV test has been made mandatory by the Government of India from June 2001.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 38%

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A Retrospective Study of Screening of Common Transfusion Transmitted Infections in the Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Centre

Pailoor¹,

S²,

Rai³

et al. 2015

J Blood Disord Transfus

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“…It is also lower than 13.22% reported by Fasciola, et al [31] in Ibadan, 7.50% by Salawu, et al [32] in Ile-Ife, south western Nigeria and 5.6% reported by Okocha, et al [33] in Nnewi, South eastern Nigeria. Findings in some Asian part of the world such as Karnataka in India showed a prevalence of 3.2% in pre-transfusion blood donors [34]. However, this value was in keeping with 1.7% reported by Arora, et al [35] in Southern Haryana and higher than 0.3% reported by Nwokeukwu, et al [36] among blood donors in Umuahia, South eastern Nigeria.…”

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Sero-Epidemiology of HBsAg among Health Workers in a South-eastern Nigerian Health Center: Challenges in Diagnosis

Nwabuko¹

2016

JHVRV

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Hepatitis B virus infection represent a major public health problem responsible for acute and chronic viral infections, HBV-related liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma. Sub-Saharan Africa is worse hit by HBV infection and its related morbidity and mortality. Despite the burden of HBV in the region, the challenges confronting people living with HBV include making diagnosis and provision of their comparable estimates. This study aimed at analyzing the sero-prevalence of HBsAg among health workers and possible challenges in assessment of HBV prevalence in a resource-limited sub-Saharan African country. Blood samples from 275 consented health workers were tested for HBsAg using third generation ELISA. Data analysis was obtained using SPSS version 20. HBsAg screening was performed on a consecutive sample of 275 respondents (95 males and 180 females with M/F ratio of 1:1.9) aged 18-59 years who voluntarily turned up for the survey. Mean age ± SD was 36.1 ± 9.6 years. The overall prevalence of HBV was 1.5% (4/275). The prevalence in females 3/180 (1.7%) was insignificantly higher than males 1/95 (1.1%) (P>0.05).In relation to age group, the younger age group (< 20 years) has significantly higher prevalence (1/5 (20%) compared to other age groups (P=0.02). Blood transfusion and vaginal discharge (STD) were the highest predisposing factors to HBV infection with ORs of 5.9 and 4.2 respectively. This study, although limited by small sample size, showed a reduced prevalence of HBV among the health workers. The result from this study may not be a true reflection of the prevalence of HBV in south-eastern Nigeria, hence the need to involve larger population size in subsequent study. There is need to institute elaborated serological and virological diagnostic markers for the diagnosis of HBV infection in our health institutions. Also, targeted group health education and national guidelines for hepatitis B prevention and treatment must be provided by the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria. These interventions will go a long way to curb the prevalence of HBV infection to the barest minimum.

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“…In the present study prevalence of HIV was found to be 0.35% which is lower than previous studies [18,19]. This decline is attributed to evolving medical education and meticulous donor selection criteria.…”

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confidence: 54%

Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and Syphilis among Blood Donors in Western Maharashtra and a Newer Proposed Donor Screening Algorithm

Sul¹,

Deshpande²,

Gadgil³

2017

J Blood Disord Transfus

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Analysis of the seroprevalence of HIV, HBsAg, HCV and syphilitic infections detected in the pretranfusion blood: A short report

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

A Retrospective Study of Screening of Common Transfusion Transmitted Infections in the Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Centre

A Retrospective Study of Screening of Common Transfusion Transmitted Infections in the Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Centre

Sero-Epidemiology of HBsAg among Health Workers in a South-eastern Nigerian Health Center: Challenges in Diagnosis

Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and Syphilis among Blood Donors in Western Maharashtra and a Newer Proposed Donor Screening Algorithm

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