Prevalence of blood-borne infectious diseases in blood donors in Ghana.

نویسندگان

  • William Ampofo
  • Nicholas Nii-Trebi
  • Justina Ansah
  • Kenji Abe
  • Hideo Naito
  • Simeon Aidoo
  • Victor Nuvor
  • James Brandful
  • Naoki Yamamoto
  • David Ofori-Adjei
  • Koichi Ishikawa
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 40 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002