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

doi:10.1128/JCM.40.9.3523-3525.2002

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

University of Ghana

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	3523-3525
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	40
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.9.3523-3525.2002
Publication status	Published - Sep 2002
Externally published	Yes

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

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