title: Study of prevalence & correlation between HIV and syphilis among blood donors in a teaching hospital, Ludhiana, India.
abstract: In the present study, total of 21014 healthy blood donors were screened, out total, 20 (0.095%) were found to be positive for syphilis and 18 (0.086%) were found to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus, So, a positive correlation was seen between the positivity of syphilis & HIV. This supports the idea that syphilis screening of blood donors should be continued.
authors.affiliation: Deptt. of Transfusion Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: Nalini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Amarjit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*