Profile of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Quarantine Blood at the Indonesian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Unit, Depok City

Abstract

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs) is a group of infection which is responsible for morbidity and mortality in developing country. This group of infections plays its role in the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). DKI Jakarta, Papua, and East Java are the provinces responsible for 90% of the STD incidence. STDs are caused by 30 types of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi, which are transmitted by sexual contact and are asymptomatic. This study used a cross-sectional approach and a univariate test. The result is Hepatitis B was most found in 2017, as many as 30,7%; Hepatitis C in 2017, as many as 24,7%; Syphilis in 2017, as many as 25,9%; and HIV in 2018, as many as 27,2%. Keywords: STD, blood screening, HIV