Survey of hepatitis markers among donors in the State of Qatar
Joint Authors
al-Hilali, A.
al-Mansur S.
al-Maliki, A.
al-Matawa H.
Ali Bin Ali A.
Fawzi, Z.
Yusuf, B.
Source
Issue
Vol. 16, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2007), pp.47-50, 4 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2007-11-30
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
A total of 78,428 blood units collected by the Blood Donor Unit, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, from the multinational donors of Qatar (28,622 Qatari nationals donors and 49,806 Non-Qatari donors) in the period January 1994 to Dececember 2001 were screened for hepatitis markers.
About 10,382 units (13.2 %) were discarded because of positivity for one or more hepatitis markers ; 769 units (0.9 %) were positive for hepatitis-B surface antigen (HBsAg), 8516 units (10.9 %) were positive for hepatitis- B core antibodies (HBcAb) and 1097 units (1.39 %) were positive for hepatitis C (HCV) antibodies.
There was no significant difference between the rate of positivity for HBcAb and HBsAg in indigenous Qataris and Non-Qataris despite a slightly higher rate of positivity for HCV antibodies in the Non-Qatari group.
An outstanding finding was the significantly high rate of positivity for HCV antibodies in Egyptian donations (11.2 %), which accounted for 31.2 % of all discards for the Non-Qatari group.
As the Blood Donor Unit at HMC is the only blood collection center in Qatar it is assumed that the results could be representative of the country as a whole.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fawzi, Z.& al-Hilali, A.& al-Maliki, A.& al-Matawa H.& Yusuf, B.& Ali Bin Ali A.…[et al.]. 2007. Survey of hepatitis markers among donors in the State of Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal،Vol. 16, no. 2, pp.47-50.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fawzi, Z.…[et al.]. Survey of hepatitis markers among donors in the State of Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal Vol. 16, no. 2 (Nov. 2007), pp.47-50.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-365790
American Medical Association (AMA)
Fawzi, Z.& al-Hilali, A.& al-Maliki, A.& al-Matawa H.& Yusuf, B.& Ali Bin Ali A.…[et al.]. Survey of hepatitis markers among donors in the State of Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal. 2007. Vol. 16, no. 2, pp.47-50.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-365790
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 50
Record ID
BIM-365790