Voluntary blood donor recruitment: a strategy to reduce transmission of HIV-1, hepatitis-B and syphilis in Kinshasa, Zaïre
| Autor: | H, Jäger, K, Nseka, B, Goussard, C M, Kabeya, G, Rauhaus, G, Peyerl, J J, Salaun, T, Rehle, R, Korte |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty HBsAg Blood transfusion medicine.medical_treatment Blood Donors medicine.disease_cause Serology medicine Immunology and Allergy Seroprevalence Humans Family Syphilis Hepatitis B virus Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Cross Infection Obstetrics business.industry Transfusion Reaction Hematology Hepatitis B medicine.disease Virology Fees and Charges Democratic Republic of the Congo Female Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Infusionstherapie (Basel, Switzerland). 17(4) |
| ISSN: | 1011-6966 |
| Popis: | We evaluated the use of voluntary blood donor recruitment in Kinshasa, Zaire, as a means of reducing transmission of HIV-1 and other infectious agents by blood transfusion. Between January 1, 1989, and April 7, 1989, 2,237 blood donors were enrolled in the study at the transfusion centre of the Mama Yemo Hospital. Each donor was tested for antibodies to HIV-1 confirmed by IFA and Western blot, Treponema pallidum, antibodies to hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen and screened for the presence of the HBV surface antigen. Test results were related to the data of the blood donors: age, sex, haematocrit, voluntary blood donor, family member donor, paid donor. The serological results of all donors for Anti-HIV-1, Anti-HBc, HBsAg and TPHA were 4.8%, 70.9%, 13.1% and 13.3% respectively. Lower seroprevalence rates were found among voluntary blood donors. However, only TPHA seroprevalence was significantly lower in voluntary blood donors (8.4%, 23/275) compared with paid donors (15.2%, 87/571) (p |
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