scholarly journals Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors in Alexandria, Egypt

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 238-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.A.S. Wasfi ◽  
N.A. Sadek
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Surface Antigen ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen

scholarly journals Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tulika Chandra ◽  
S. Nishat Fatima Rizvi ◽  
Devisha Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Surface Antigen ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Transfusion Transmitted Infection ◽  
Screening Procedures

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.

scholarly journals Clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C virus antibody in hepatitis B virus carriers.

Kanzo ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 511-516
Author(s):  
Kazuo NOTSUMATA ◽  
Tadao YAMAZAKI ◽  
Masayoshi ITO ◽  
Yukihiro SAKURAI ◽  
Satio TAKASU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Surface Antigen ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Virus Antibody ◽  
B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Antibody

scholarly journals Blood borne viral infections in adolescents of East Sikkim, Northeast India: serological prevalence and risk behaviour correlation

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 896
Author(s):  
Ashish Pradhan ◽  
Dheeraj Khatri ◽  
Luna Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Surface Antigen ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

Background: There is a high prevalence of HIV infection in adolescents of India, especially the north eastern states but awareness on blood borne viral infections among them is poor.Methods: Four hundred and ninety students aged thirteen to nineteen from seven schools and seven colleges of East Sikkim were interviewed on behavior related to transmission of blood borne viral infections and their blood was tested for Hepatitis B surface antigen, anti-Human Immunodeficiency virus and Hepatitis C virus antibodies.Results: None of the students tested positive for anti-Human Immunodeficiency virus and Hepatitis C virus antibodies and only one tested positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen. 6.7% of students gave history of heterosexual relationship.Conclusions: Despite the presence of behaviors associated with risk of acquiring blood borne viral infections in our adolescents we found a low prevalence of these infections, hence there is a need to do similar studies involving more and different cohort of adolescents.

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