title: Infectious markers in blood donors of East Delhi: prevalence and trends.
abstract: All blood donors Voluntary and Replacement who have donated blood in the centre or in the voluntary blood donation camps, were analyzed for the prevalence of infectious markers over a period of 3 years from 1997 to 1999. A total of 52500 blood units were collected and screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), antibodies to HIV I and II and VDRL reactivity. Seropositivity was 471 (0.8%) for HIV I and II, 963 (1.8%) for HbsAg, 1449 (2.76%) for VDRL and 64 (0.5%) for anti HCV. Voluntary donors were comparatively safe. The seropositivity for HIV showed increasing trend between 1997 to 1999.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Regional Blood transfusion Center (East), University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi. drbharat@bloodbanksdelhi.com
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sant Prakash
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kataria
authors.forename: Ravish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007239:Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000097:blood; D013587:Syphilis / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D002308:Cardiolipins; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; C054448:VDRL antigen; D002784:Cholesterol