Prevalence of Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases in Blood Donors in Ghana-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prevalence of Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases in Blood Donors in Ghana

Published:2002-09 Issue:9 Volume:40 Page:3523-3525
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Ampofo William¹,Nii-Trebi Nicholas¹,Ansah Justina²,Abe Kenji³,Naito Hideo³,Aidoo Simeon¹,Nuvor Victor¹,Brandful James¹,Yamamoto Naoki⁴,Ofori-Adjei David¹,Ishikawa Koichi³

Affiliation:

1. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon

2. National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana

3. AIDS Research Centre, National Institute for Infectious Diseases

4. Microbiology Department, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

ABSTRACT Transfusion-transmissible infections among 808 blood donors in Ghana were investigated in 1999. Antibody seroprevalences of 3.8, 0.7, 8.4, and 13.5%, respectively, for human immunodeficiency virus, human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Treponema pallidum were obtained. The seroprevalence of HCV infection was confirmed to be 0.9% after supplementary testing, and the transfusion risk potential of these pathogens was demonstrated.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.40.9.3523-3525.2002

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