Seroprevalence of Hiv, Hbv, Hcv and Syphilis in Blood Donors

Abstract

Blood transfusion is an important mode of transmission of infections to recipients. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors. For this, a 9 years retrospective study, from January 2002 to December 2010 was conducted at the blood bank, G.G. Government Hospital & M.P.Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat.. Donors were screened for seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis. A total of 1,07,560 donors were tested, out of which 33,491 (31%) were voluntary donors from camp. The seroprevalence of HIV was 0.3% in the donors. Decrease in sero-positivity when there is increase in number of donors from camp.. The low sero-positivity among donors is attributed to pre-donation counseling in donor selection. The seroprevalence of HBV, HCV and syphilis was 1.2%, 0.26% and 0.5% respectively in total donors.