Prevalence of HCV and HIV/HCV co-infection among volunteer blood donors and VCT clients.

Autor:	Karuru JW; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676, Nairobi, Kenya., Lule GN, Joshi M, Anzala O
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	East African medical journal [East Afr Med J] 2005 Apr; Vol. 82 (4), pp. 166-9.
DOI:	10.4314/eamj.v82i4.9275
Abstrakt:	Objective: To determine the prevalence of HCV infection and HCV/HIV co-infection among voluntary blood donors at the National Blood Transfusion Centre and clients at the Kenyatta National Hospital HIV-Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Centre. Design: A prospective cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital, a tertiary referral and teaching hospital and the National Blood Transfusion Services Centre, Nairobi. Subjects: Volunteer blood donors and VCT attendants. Results: The prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection among 6154 blood donors in the NBTSC was very low, at 0.02. The HIV prevalence among the 353 KNH HIV-VCT clients was 9.3%, none of the clients tested positive for HCV. The incidence of risk factors in the persons with HCV and/or HIV infection(s) was low. Conclusion: The prevalence of HCV infection among pre-screened volunteer blood donors was low. However the current practice of screening all donated blood for HCV remains indispensable to prevent its transmission to blood recipients.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
Externí odkaz:	Zobrazit plný text záznamu