title: [Four year management of HIV serology at the National Center of Blood Transfusion in Conakry].
abstract: From January 1997 to December 2000, 21145 blood donations have been collected and tested for anti-HIV antibodies by the National Center of Blood Transfusion of Conakry (NCBT). 347 were positive, confirmed by Western Blot (312 HIV-1, 20 HIV-2 and 15 HIV1-2). HIV seroprevalence in tested blood donations showed a slow decrease by year: 1.87% in 1997 to 1.79% in 2000. The distribution according to donation type was 1% for volunteer donors and 2% for family donors. Seropositivity HIV rates according to sex indicate that the female donors are more infected than male donors. Among 347 seropositive, 83% were more than 20 years old. The seroprevalence is higher in soldier blood donors 3.72% (53/1422) than in student donors 0.55% (43/7712). The number of seropositive results found during these 4 years is not really representative of the HIV spreading infection in Guinean population, but their distribution according to sex and age is very close to the distribution of the AIDS cases in Guinea.
authors.affiliation: Centre national de transfusion sanguine, BP 2737 Conakry, Guinée. louacnts@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loua
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Magassouba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camara
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Haba
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Balde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005260:Female; D016701:Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies