Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario
Joint Authors
Chandra, Tulika
Rizvi, S. Nishat Fatima
Agarwal, Devisha
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-01-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Transfusion transmitted infections are major problem associated with blood transfusion.
Accurate estimates of risk of TTIs are essential for monitoring the safety of blood supply and evaluating the efficacy of currently employed screening procedures.
The present study was carried out to assess the percentage of voluntary donors and replacement donors and to find out prevalence and changing trends of various TTIs blood donors in recent years.
A study was carried out on blood units of voluntary and replacement donors which were collected from January 2008 to December 2012.
On screening of 180,371 replacement units, seropositivity of transfusion transmitted disease in replacement donors was 0.15% in HIV, 1.67% in hepatitis B surface antigen, 0.49% in hepatitis C virus, 0.01% in VDRL, and 0.009% in malaria.
Of 11,977 voluntary units, seropositivity of transfusion transmitted disease in voluntary donors was 0.08% in HIV, 0.24% in hepatitis B surface antigen, 0.001% in hepatitis C virus, 0.008% in VDRL (sexually transmitted disease), and 0.01% in malaria.
From results it has been concluded that prevalence of transfusion transmitted infection (HIV, HBV, HCV, VDRL, and malaria) was more in replacement donors in comparison to voluntary donors.
Extensive donor selection and screening procedures will help in improving the blood safety.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chandra, Tulika& Rizvi, S. Nishat Fatima& Agarwal, Devisha. 2014. Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048591
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chandra, Tulika…[et al.]. Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048591
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chandra, Tulika& Rizvi, S. Nishat Fatima& Agarwal, Devisha. Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048591
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1048591