Prevalence and Trends of Common Transfusion Transmitted Infections Using Serological and Nucleic Acid Markers in Saudi Blood Donors

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“…This study trend estimated conforms to the trend of HIV cases in blood donors as stipulated by earlier studies [15,16].…”

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Prevalence and Trends of HIV and Syphilis Among Blood Donors in the Northern Region of Ghana; A Five-year Retrospective Study

Muktar¹,

Yidana²,

Wombeogo³

et al. 2019

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Blood transfusion is considered a life-saver in health care settings, but could potentially pose as a risk factor for transmission of life-threatening viral infections, including HIV, HBsAg, HCV and Syphilis infections. This study was carried out to find out the prevalence and trends of HIV and Syphilis infections among blood donors in the Northern Region of Ghana. Blood screening data of blood donors recorded in blood transfusion centers in the Northern region between 2011 and 2015 were collected and analyzed anonymously. Screening results for HIV and Syphils infections were sorted and analyzed from a total of 198,229 blood donors in the region within the period under consideration. Majority of the donors were female and aged between 20-39 years. The overall seroprevalence rates of HIV and Syphilis were 30.77% (7319) and 27.78% (4893) respectively. The highest seroprevalence was found for HIV followed by Syphilis. These infections were more prevalent in female donors. Highest seroprevalence for both HIV and Syphilis was observed among donors in their youthful ages, i.e. between 20 to 49 years, while Syphilis seroprevalence increased with age. There exists a decreasing trend of transfusiontransmissible viral infections (i.e. HIV and Syphilis) in blood donations. This indicates that the Ghana National Blood Service mandate of ensuring the safety of blood supply has been successful. Even though available statistics show that the prevalence rates of viral infections detected during blood donations has reduced drastically, there is still more to be done, especially using robust and efficient techniques like polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This, the researchers think could guarantee more safety blood for transfusion.

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“…This study trend estimated conforms to the trend of HIV cases in blood donors as stipulated by earlier studies [15,16].…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Hepatitis B virus is highly contagious and relatively easy to be transmitted from one infected individual to another by blood transfusion, during birth, by unprotected sex, and by sharing needles and has a relatively higher prevalence in the tropics. [11,15].…”

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Prevalence and Trends of HIV and Syphilis Among Blood Donors in the Northern Region of Ghana; A Five-year Retrospective Study

Muktar¹,

Yidana²,

Wombeogo³

et al. 2019

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“…By assessing these rates during this period, we were able to identify the trend for these infections, which found to be an increasing trend, after adjusting to age and the total population. Despite this increasing trend, yet, the rates were less than what was found in countries from different regions, such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India and Nigeria [27][28][29][30].…”

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Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013–2017

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Background: Millions of lives around the world are being saved annually through blood transfusion. However, blood transfusion is among the essential vehicles for transmitting infections. The overall prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among blood donors differs around the world, reflecting the variation in the prevalence of these infections. This study aims to assess the prevalence and trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among blood donors in Qatar. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study utilizing donation records of 5 years from January 2013 to December 2017. We included in the study results for all screening and confirmatory tests for Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human T-lymphotropic Virus-I/II, Syphilis and Malaria. Results: Among the 190,509 donations received at the donation centre during the study period, about 91% of donations were received from males and 9% from females. The overall positivity rate for all tests was 1.87, 2.23, 1.78, 2.31, 2.67% for the years 2013 through 2017, with an increasing yearly trend by 6% each year.

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“…Saudi Arabia, where the positivity rates ranged between 6.8 and 7.4 from 2011through 2014. (26) Moreover, the trends for each infection of the TTs were also assessed in this study. The results showed a declining trend for HBsAg throughout the years, form 0.34 in 2013 to 0.29 in 2017.…”

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Prevalence and trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013-2017

Aabdien

Selim

Himatt³

et al. 2019

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Background: Millions of lives around the world are being saved annually through blood transfusion. However, blood transfusion is among the important vehicles for transmitting infections. The overall prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) among blood donors differs around the world, reflecting the variation in the prevalence of these infections. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and trends of TTIs among blood donors in Qatar. Methods: This is a cross sectional study utilizing donation records of a five-year period from January 2013 to December 2017. Results for all screening and confirmatory tests for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Human T-Lymphotropic Virus-I/II (HTLV-I/II), Syphilis and Malaria were included in the study. Results: Among the 190,509 donations received at the donation center during the study period, about 91% donations were received from males and 9% from females. The overall positivity rate for all tests were 1.95, 2.18, 1.62, 1.81 and 1.85 for the years 2013 through 2017. The overall positivity rates for HBV, Syphilis and Malaria were 0.30, 0.43 and 0.20, respectively. Throughout the years, the positivity rates decreased for HBV, Syphilis and Malaria and increased for HCV and HTLV. Conclusion: The overall positivity rate of all tests combined for the TTIs demonstrated a gradual increasing trend from 2013 to 2017. The rates for HCV and HTLV showed increasing trends too. To support developing effective prevention and control strategies, further investigations are needed to improve the estimations of the prevalence of these infections.

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Prevalence and Trends of Common Transfusion Transmitted Infections Using Serological and Nucleic Acid Markers in Saudi Blood Donors

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Prevalence and Trends of HIV and Syphilis Among Blood Donors in the Northern Region of Ghana; A Five-year Retrospective Study

Prevalence and Trends of HIV and Syphilis Among Blood Donors in the Northern Region of Ghana; A Five-year Retrospective Study

Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013–2017

Prevalence and trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013-2017

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