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Prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections in blood donors of Pakistan

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Title
Prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections in blood donors of Pakistan
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BMC Hematology, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12878-016-0068-2
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Aisha Arshad, Munira Borhany, Nida Anwar, Imran Naseer, Rehan Ansari, Samson Boota, Naveena Fatima, Mustansir Zaidi, Tahir Shamsi

Abstract

Transfusion-transmitted infections threaten the safety of patients requiring blood transfusion, which in turn imposes serious challenges for the availability of safe blood products that are still affordable in health care systems with limited resources. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections in blood donors and to evaluate the demographic characteristics of reactive and non-reactive blood donors. A prospective cohort study was conducted at our institute in Karachi, Pakistan. Donors were required to fill a detailed questionnaire and were screened for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Syphilis and Malaria by ELISA and thick film (malaria). Of the 16,602 blood donors, 16,557 were males and 45 females (mean age 28.6 ± 2). Nine hundred and seventy three (5.8%) donations were reactive in any screening assay, with 58 (0.35%) donations reacting in more than one assay. The prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Syphilis and Malaria was found to be 1.84, 1.7, 0.04, 2.1 and 0.07% respectively. Characteristics among the infections were evaluated and it was found that unmarried donors had a higher chance to be infected by Hepatitis B virus and Syphilis as compared to the other infections. On the other hand, construction workers and married donors were at more risk to be infected by Syphilis rather than the other infections. In case of co-infections, personnel with different occupations and marital status were infected by more than one pathogen. A substantial percentage of the blood donor's harbored transfusion-transmitted infections. Prevention of TTIs should be the main goal right now. There is a need for stringent selection of blood donors with the emphasis on getting voluntary donations and comprehensive screening of donor's blood for TTIs using standard methods to ensure the safety of blood recipient.

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Unknown 143 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 22 15%
Student > Master 17 12%
Researcher 12 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 6%
Other 7 5%
Other 21 15%
Unknown 56 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 29 20%
Immunology and Microbiology 12 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 7%
Unspecified 5 3%
Other 17 12%
Unknown 59 41%
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