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

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

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3523-3525
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume40
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2002

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