title: RISK FACTORS AND SERO-PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN AMONG BLOOD DONORS IN UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILORIN, NIGERIA.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Availability of safe blood and blood products for transfusion is increasingly difficult globally, especially in developing countries because of high prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of HBsAg among blood donors and to evaluate the socio-economic, demographic and medical factors associated with its infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred and fifty consecutive blood donors were recruited. 2 ml of venous blood was collected aseptically from the ante-cubital vein and subjected to serological test for HBsAg.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High prevalence rate 10.9% was recorded. All the donors reactive to HBsAg were males (38,100%) with a mean age of 30.7 ± 8.02 years, while 55.3%, 44.7%, 5.3%, 42%, 47.4%, 5.3% of them were single, married, primary school graduate, secondary school graduate, tertiary school graduate and illiterate respectively with 36.8%, 23.7%, 39.5% and 0% been unemployed, civil servants/professionals, skilled artisans and business/petty traders. The most common risk factor was multiple sexual partners 55.3%, followed by extra marital affairs 13.2%, tattooing 10.5%, previous blood transfusion 5.2%, previous surgery 2.6% and sex trading 2.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Active public enlightenment programmes and strict blood donation selection criteria need to be put in place in order to provide safe blood and blood products for transfusion.
authors: A O
authors: AO
authors: Shittu
authors: H O
authors: HO
authors: Olawumi
authors: B A
authors: BA
authors: Issa
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Nwabuisi
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Durotoye
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Yussuf
authors: P O
authors: PO
authors: Ajiboye
authors: O A
authors: OA
authors: Adegunloye
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Sulyman
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Salami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens