[PDF] Top 20 Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, and Treponema pallidum infections among blood donors at Shiyan, Central China

... In China, the seroprevalence of HBV remains extraor- dinarily high and approximately 100 million individuals has the HBV infection ...HBV seroprevalence ranges from 0.37 to 3.5 % [5–8]. Total ... See full document

... Although blood donors have been used to estimate the prevalence of selected infectious diseases such as HBV in the general population [1], we cannot rule out the healthy donor effect, which may result in an ... See full document

... of donors as well as in the degree to which individuals with risk factors for blood-borne viral infections may have been ...of hepatitis B and C were lower among young ... See full document

... Although blood transfusion saves millions of lives worldwide each year, recipients of transfusions risk becoming infected with blood-borne pathogens such as HBV, HCH and ...million blood donations ... See full document

... that China is a low-epidemic area of HCV [6, ...In China, blood transfusion was an important transmission route of HCV and HIV before the Blood Donation Law came into effect in 1998 ... See full document

... of infections during surgical pro- cedures or gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy (gastroscopy and enteroscopy) is a matter of concern for both physicians and pa- tients ...of infections during GI en- doscopy ... See full document

... All”. Among them, 1403 patients, with serological records, were included in this study and 231 not included because of not having a serological ...HCV infections, and ... See full document

... the Blood Bank Ser- vice, improving access to tools necessary for screening blood and blood products, careful donor selection criteria, safe screening and administration of blood to the ... See full document

... Whole blood was collected and serum was separated from each donor. The sera were used for examination of HIV, HBV, HCV, and syphilis. Thick film was prepared and stained using Giemsa for malaria detection. The ... See full document

... is among those countries with a low prevalence of HIV and HCV but higher prevalence rate of HBsAg and ...professional blood, unprotected sex between commercial sex workers, sharing of injection equipments ... See full document

... All reagents and samples were allowed to reach room temperature for 15 minutes before use, washing buffer was prepared 1:20 from buffer concentrate with distilled water, 20µl of sample diluents was added into appropriate ... See full document

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

... a blood borne virus that is most efficiently transmitted through exposures to blood, such as transfusions or transplants from infected donors, inadvertent contamination of supplies shared ... See full document

... repeated blood transfusions. Transfusion-transmitted infections still make a great challenge in the management of patients with thalassaemia ...transmitted infections (TTI) are hepatitis ... See full document

... All blood donors samples were tested for HBsAg, anti-HCV and HIV using Wantai AiD™ HBsAg Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbant Assay (ELISA),Wantai AiD™ anti-HCV ELISA and WANTAI HIV 1 + 2 Ag/Ab ELISA test kit ... See full document

... agents among the prospective blood donors in Northeast of Libya were found ...in blood donors at age 41>50 ...of hepatitis B and C infection will allow health ... See full document

... (acute hepatitis with simultaneous HBV and HCV infection), b) HCV superinfection (acute HCV on top of chronic hepatitis b infection), c) HBV superinfection (acute HBV on top of chronic ... See full document

... reported among HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania ...prevalence among HIV-positive and HIV nega- tive pregnant women [23, 31, ...infection among HIV ... See full document

... We used ICT strips (Acon, USA) according to maker’s instructions for the detection of HBsAg. The test strip was removed from the foil pouch and was kept on a clean, dry surface. Then 100 μL serum sample was dispensed in ... See full document

... T. pallidum antibodies among healthy blood donors ...[1,2]. Blood transfusion is a lifesaving procedure yet with the potential risk of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) ... See full document