title: Prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections in blood donors: an Indian experience.
abstract: A retrospective study was done on blood units collected from replacement and voluntary donors from 2001 to 2007. Seropositivity of transfusion transmitted disease in replacement donors was 1.96% in hepatitis B surface antigen, 0.85% in hepatitis C virus, 0.23% in HIV and 0.01% in syphilis. Voluntary donors had an almost negligible infectivity rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Blood Bank, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. tulikachandra@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Tulika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology; D065227:Transfusion Reaction