title: Possible Correlation of Transfusion Transmitted Diseases with Rh type and ABO Blood Group System.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Screening of blood is mandatory for transfusion transmitted diseases and is routinely done in the blood banks. As blood is the major source transmission of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus & many other diseases the hazards can be minimised by effective donor selection and screening.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To find out the correlation between the transfusion transmitted diseases and blood groups and the seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV & syphilis among the apparently healthy human blood donors. Study, Setting & Design: This retrospective study was conducted at the blood bank of a tertiary health care teaching centre for a period of four years.
  
  
  METHODS
  All voluntary and replacement donors reporting to the blood bank were screened for HIV-1 & 2, HBsAg, HCV and Syphilis. Anti-HIV -1 & 2, HBsAg & anti - HCV was tested using the appropriate Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique using micro-elisa kit supplied by J.Mitra & Co.Ltd. The seropositive samples were again tested on ELISA kits of RFCL &/or BIORAD for further confirmation & ruling out any false positive or false negative results. The rapid plasma reagain (RPR) test was used for estimation of syphilis infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data entry was carried out using Microsoft office excel worksheet and was analysed by percentage and comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total of 6000 donors were screened which included voluntary and replacement donors. Seroprevalence of HIV (0.1833 %), HCV (1.28%), HBsAg (1.5833 %) and syphilis (0.4333 %) was detected. In the study done it was also noted - that the NEGATIVE blood groups were more prone to TTIs. Blood group A negative was more prone to TTIs with HIV, HBsAg and VDRL while blood group B negative was more affected by HCV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seroprevalence of these infections shows that routine screening is a must for blood and blood product safe transfusion. Do negative blood groups predispose to TTIs? A finding which makes us think….
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor,Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences & Research, Sharda Hospital Greater Noida, UP, India .
authors.forename: Surabhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tyagi
keywords: Blood donors; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis C; Human immunodeficiency virus; Seroprevalence; Transfusion transmitted diseases