Abstract
Syphilis is the disease that caused by Treponema pallidum bacteria. Blood transfusion is the main ways of spreading the disease. A current study was planned to determine syphilis prevalence in the donor blood of Karbala by detecting Treponema pallidum antibodies in the serum of these people. The study included a blood sample of 30,716 Blood samples donated within one year to detect syphilis antibodies by ELISA testing. Out of 30716, 233 (0.76 percent) of blood screening results were positive for syphilis. Males (0.74%) were much higher than females (0.02%), p < 0.01. The association between the syphilis infection positivity and age group showed a high percentage of age group infection (25-55) years, but it was not significant. The prevalence of syphilis among voluntary blood donors in Karbala city, Iraq, was concluded to be low.
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