Recent Trends of Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis in Patients Attending a  Tertiary Care Centre in North India

Punia, Parul; Singh, Deepinder; Bala, Kiran; na, Apar; Chaudhary, Uma; Griwan, Akshit

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.102

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“…VDRL reactivity in our study showed a rising trend from 0.34% in 2008 through 2011 which was highest with0.57% then to decline again 0.03% in 2013 with fairly constant rate thereafter. Other studies showed a lower percentage upto 2013 but thereafter correlated well with our study.Patel et al 13 reported a rising trend, Amrapali et al 19 and Mohan rout et al 14 five years from 1.83% to 0.68% by Parul Punia et al, 23 points towards the success of improved STD controls programmes being implemented to reduce the disease burden. None of the donors were found to be Malaria positive as we deffered the patients with history of fever.…”

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Changing Trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections in Blood Donors in Vidharbha Region: A Retrospective Study of Thirteen Years

Bharti¹,

Lodha²

2018

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Introduction: Blood Transfusion is the integral part of modern medicine. Aim of the study was to assess the changing trends in the prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections in blood donors during last 13 years. Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at blood bank of Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College Yavatmal, Maharashta. A total of 111462 donors were screened over a period of thirteen years. Results: A declining trend was observed in all transfusion associated infections among the donors. The overall seropositivity of HIV, HBV, HCV, VDRL and Malaria was found to be 0.46%, 1.27%, 0.06%, 0.12%, 00% respectively. Conclusion: Prevalence of HIV infection is decreasing in the blood donors as a result of drastic measures to combat the disease in general population.The HBV infection still remains a menace to be tackled, HCV, Syphlis and malaria maintain a low rate of positivity in rural India.

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Changing Trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections in Blood Donors in Vidharbha Region: A Retrospective Study of Thirteen Years

Bharti¹,

Lodha²

2018

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“…Various studies have shown prevalence rate ranging from 5.4% to 8.2% amongst STD clinics, 0.84% to 0.98% in antenatal groups and as high as 21.9% in long distance truck drivers. 24 The prevalence rate among Indian blood donors ranges from 0.85% to 3%. 10 Thus, it serves chiefly as a surrogate test to recognize donors with potentially high-risk behaviour.…”

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Trends in Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections Amongst the Blood Donors in Tertiary Care Centre

Kathpal¹,

Hippargi²,

Kumar³

2019

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BACKGROUNDBlood transfusion carries the potential risk of transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs) making it the most dreaded complication of blood transfusion. The objective was to study the trends in seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, Syphilis and Malaria amongst the blood donors. METHODSStudy was done over a period of 5 years. Blood donors' data was collected from the blood bank of our institution. Serum samples were tested for HIV-antibody, HCV-antibody and HBsAg using ELISA and Malarial parasite antigen and syphilitic anticardiolipin antibodies by rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). RESULTSDuring the study, a total of 20584 blood donors were screened, out of which 369 blood units were found to be seropositive accounting for a seroprevalence of 1.8%. Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, Syphilis and Malaria were 0.20%, 1.34%, 0.22%, 0.06% and 0% respectively. Out of total screened donors, voluntary donors were 79.4% and remaining 20.6% were replacement donors. An overall decreasing trend was noted in seroprevalence of TTIs over the past five years (p<0.05). Individually, HIV and HCV which showed statistically significant decreasing trend (p<0.05) while HBV continued to show higher seroprevalence. CONCLUSIONSThe prevalence of TTIs has decreased considerably after mandatory testing of blood Units for TTIs. Strict guidelines and their implementation for donor selection and their screening using sensitive tests is the need of the hour in order to reduce the incidence of TTIs.

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Recent Trends of Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis in Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Centre in North India

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Changing Trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections in Blood Donors in Vidharbha Region: A Retrospective Study of Thirteen Years

Changing Trends of Transfusion Transmissible Infections in Blood Donors in Vidharbha Region: A Retrospective Study of Thirteen Years

Trends in Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections Amongst the Blood Donors in Tertiary Care Centre

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