[PDF] Top 20 Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009)

... high prevalence obtained among blood donors who visited the hospital suggests that few people undergo immunization within the ...of blood supply because the cost of HBsAg ... See full document

... of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Blood Donors: A Retrospective Study in the Kintampo Municipal Hospital, ... See full document

... anti-HBc prevalence rates among HBsAg-negative blood donors in endemic area when the prevalence of anti-HBc is over 57% ...low prevalence of HBsAg, anti-HBc prevalence ... See full document

... by Ghana AIDS com- mission through efforts such as increasing access to counselling and testing services for sexually transmit- ted diseases, routine screening of antenatal attendants for HIV, Syphilis and ... See full document

... Abstract: Hepatitis B virus infection is the most common cause of liver disease worldwide, Sudan is classified among the countries with high hepatitis B virus ... See full document

... typical hepatitis B that often has a severe – and sometimes even fulminant – clinical ...HCV infection, thus suggesting that occult HBV may favor or accelerate the progression towards cirrhosis in ... See full document

... 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt. 2 Regional Blood Bank, Minia Governorate, Egypt. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration ... See full document

... Serology among blood donors is only restricted to the presence of HBsAg ...healthy blood donors in middle northern region of Libya by detecting another type of HBV antigen known as ... See full document

... Specimens were processed by ELISA (4th generation ELISA) (fortress-diagnostic limited, United Kingdom) for detection anti hepatitis C virus antibodies. All reagents and samples were allowed to reach room ... See full document

... transferred blood components, HBV-DNA viral burden, the presence of anti-HBs in either donors or recipients, and immune factors affecting the susceptibility recipients to ...high prevalence area, ... See full document

... of donors. This was a retrospective analysis of consecutive blood donors records covering the period between January 2014 and April 2014 at Kosti Teaching Hospital which is a tertiary ... See full document

... ABSTRACT Hepatitis B is a virus that infects almost 400 million patients ...where Hepatitis B is classified as ...the prevalence of HBV markers among blood ... See full document

... Infected blood donors may have high levels of ALT and AFP in their ...healthy blood donors infected with the occult and overt HBV infection at two teaching hospitals in ...of ... See full document

... of blood donors had history of intravenous drug abuse (IVDU) and tattooing, but there was no significant association between HCV genotypes and mode of transmission ...in prevalence (23-24).Genotype ... See full document

... healthy donors and NAT-positive donors could be related to changes in risks of these pathogens in the general ...HIV prevalence among donors between 30 and 40 years of age since 2000 ... See full document

... endemic developing countries where people have high rates of natural immunity, the provision of universal HBV vaccination for HCWs is often discussed be- cause of questionable cost effectiveness of this pre- ventive ... See full document

... HBV prevalence and risk factors in Iraq 25 exceptional importance for public health planner in Iraq because to the best of our knowledge, it is the first project studying the predictive factors of HBV ... See full document

... on blood donations collected from January to May ...of B DNA by Real Time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and that of antibodies anti-HBs have been proposed to anti-HBc positive ...to donors who were ... See full document

... in blood donors may be due to differences in the prevalence of HBV infection in these ...lower prevalence rate reported. Co-infection of HBV with Human immunodeficiency ... See full document

... sample, blood donor recruitment methods (paid blood donors, employer-organized donors, or true volunteer donors), type of blood donation (categorized as plasma donors and ... See full document