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Name | Prevalence and patterns of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India: - A retrospective study |
Description | Research article:- Ekadashi Rajni Sabharwal.1, Niraj Kumar Biswas.2, Vishnu Purohit.3 1,2Assistant professor Microbiology Department, Jhalawar medical college, Jhalawar (Rajasthan), India. 3 Diploma Pathology, Purohit blood bank, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
Abstract:- Acquisition of transfusion transmissible infections in the process of therapeutic blood transfusion is a major global health challenge in transfusion medicine. The prevalence of seropositivity among blood donors was evaluated in a 4 year retrospective study from 2007 to 2010 conducted at Purohit blood bank, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India. Donors were evaluated for the prevalence of HCV, HBV, HIV and syphilis. A total of 21399 healthy blood donors were tested, out of which 7711 (36.03%) were replacement donors and 13688 (63.96%) were voluntary donors. Males formed the bulk of the donor population (92.71%). The prevalence of HCV, HBV, HIV and syphilis was 0.82% (ranging from 0.23% in 2008 to 1.37% in 2010), 0.79% (ranging from 0.32% in 2008 to 1.03% in 2010), 0.14% (ranging from 0.09% in 2007 to 0.20% in 2010) and 0.50% (ranging from 0.21% in 2008 to 0.61% in 2009) respectively. Our study underscores the increasing endemicity of TTIs in our community and the need for a sensitive screening algorithm of blood donations to improve blood safety.
Keywords:- HIV, HBV, HCV, syphilis, seroprevalence, transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs). |
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