Serological profile of the blood donors in Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital in Ankara

HBsAg, Anti-Hepatitis C Virus and Anti-HIV Seroprevalence Among Patients Admitted to Our Hospital between 2005 and 2013

“…according to the statistics of the Ministry of health, 7050 hIv (+) cases have been reported from 1985, in which the first case was detected, to november 2013, and 73% of the reported cases was comprised of males and in people aged between 40 and 49 years (37). The rates ranging from 0.0% to 0.087% are similar to that in studies performed in our country (Table 5) (33,35). In our study, only one patient was found to be positive (0.0008%) and the test result that belonged to a female patient diagnosed in 2009 was confirmed.…”

“…There have been various studies investigating hCv seropositivity in our country. In a study performed by Deveci et al, the rate was found to be 0.2% (32), in a study by Madendağ et al,0.15% (33), in a study by kaya et al 0.63% (34), in a study by Dinç et al 0.6% (35), and in a study performed by Çabuk et al, the rate was observed to vary from 1.7% to 2.3% (36). The rates in the similar studies were observed to range from 1.9% to 0.2% and the highest positivity rate was seen in people over the age of 50 (Table 5).…”