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Prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV Among Blood Donors in Bisha (Saudi Arabia)

Published:2020-12-01 Issue: Volume: Page:278-287
ISSN:1985-9899
Container-title:Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research
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Author:

Abbas Mohammed¹,Mohammed Edris Ali Mahmoud²,Elamin Bahaeldin K.³,Ali Salih Karimeldin Mohamed⁴,Rezigall Assad Ali⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

2. Department of Medical laboratory sciences, College of Applied medical sciences, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia and Department of Histopathology and Cytology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

3. Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Microbiology Unit), College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia and Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan

4. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha Saudi Arabia and Department of Pediatrics, faculty of medicine, University of Bahri, Sudan

5. Department of Basic medical sciences, college of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Introduction: Blood donation is considered an essential practice that saves millions of lives; however, unsafe transfusion practices also put millions of people at risk of transfusion-transmissible infections. This study is aimed to describe the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus among blood donors in King Abdulla hospital (Bisha, KSA) in the duration from March 2013 to April 2019. Methods: The study design is a retrospective cross-sectional hospital-based. The study investigates the percentages of the hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus among blood donors. The included samples were 16218. All samples were tested in the central blood bank by ELISA methods. Data were analyzed by SPSS 23 (2015). Result: All the blood donors were males. The age of donors ranged from 18 to 55 and most of them were in the age group 20-30 years (37.3). The prevalence of HBC, HCV and HIV were 0.5%, 0.3% and 0.1% respectively. Percentages reported in Bisha were the lowest across Saudi Arabia.

Publisher

Emerald

Subject

General Medicine

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