[PDF] Top 20 Trends in prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among Albanian blood donors, 1999 2009

... HBsAg-negative donors who are anti-HBc positive, may harbour an occult HBV infection and maintain HBV-DNA sequences in their liver and blood, thus representing potential sources of HBV transmission ... 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

... B virus takes placemainly by the sexual route, and the congenital infection is easy due to its high infective ...STDs among married couples, the conjugal bond works as a protection factor ... See full document

... vaccines, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still the most common severe liver infection in the world accounting for >1 million annual deaths ...infected blood, unprotected sex and mother ... See full document

... The inadequacy in sensitivity and variation in perform- ance between different locations of some rapid test kits used in resource poor settings for HBsAg screening has been shown by Bjoerkvoll et al. [75]. In their ... See full document

... the prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among the newly admitted students of University of Jos, Jos ...The prevalence of HBsAg was higher in males ...specific ... See full document

... HCV prevalence estimates for seven regions and no data was retrieved from the upper west re- ...HCV prevalence in re- lation to demographic ...(e.g. blood transfusion, multiple injection drug use, ... See full document

... All 3500 subjects were examined for HBs-Ag (Siemens, Germany), HCV Ab (Monalisa V.3, BIORAD, Germany), and human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) Ab (HIV Ag-Ab, BIORAD, USA) based on the manufacturer’s instructions. All ... See full document

... This study was ethically cleared by the ethics review committee of the School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar and Debre Tabor hospital. Participation was voluntary and informed verbal consent ... 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

... on blood loss needed to be increased. A blood loss figure was derived for operations where this was not recorded, by using the value from other cases of the same operation where blood loss was ... See full document

... livelihood. Among the ...high prevalence of HIV among antenatal clinic attendees ...antiHBc prevalence, indicating exposure to HBV- a sexually transmitted infection, among the ... See full document

... the prevalence between our study and previous studies in Yemen may be attributed to differences in the sensitivities of the assays used, the criteria of positivity, types of donors as well as in the degree ... See full document

... Donor blood samples were collected by the Shenzhen blood center between August 2003 and December ...C virus (HCV), and anti-HIV antibodies using domestic and international commercial enzyme ... See full document

... disease prevalence and transmission of mutant strains, evidence of uptake and efficacy of immunization program in healthcare workers, management of non-responders to immunization, future issues and ...overall ... See full document

... The first is the case of transitory viremia, when 2 patients, positive for HCV RNA, spontaneously cleared the virus without developing any clinical symptoms, without ALT elevation and most surpris- ingly without ... See full document

... HBV infection irrespective of blood donor status they ...for blood donation should be adequately screened for these transfusion transmissible viral agents using highly sensitive and specific test ... See full document

... After being considered of minor importance when it was discovered in 1989, HCV proved to be of global importance, as it affects almost all countries and is now responsible for over 80% of cases of chronic ... See full document

... the blood collected was discarded only due to the presence of ...replacement/family donors (16.1%) (p = 0.039). Conclusion: The prevalence of TTIs in the Hawassa blood bank center was ... See full document

... Huang et al, carried out the molecular characterization of HBV from OBI cases in a cohort of blood donors (n = 38.499). The analysis of the ORF S showed a higher frequency of mutations in MHR (aa 110–160) ... See full document