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Volume 23, Issue 3

Original Article

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections and Syphilis in Blood Donors

Çiğdem Kader
Affiliations
  • Bozok Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Yozgat, Türkiye
,
Ayşe Erbay
Affiliations
  • Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, 2. İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Sıhhiye-Ankara
,
Serhat Birengel
Affiliations
  • Ankara Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye
,
Melahat Gürbüz
Affiliations
  • Dr. Münif İslamoğlu Kastamonu Devlet Hastanesi, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı, Kastamonu, Türkiye
  • blood donors
  • hepatitis B surface antigens
  • hepatitis C antibodies
  • HIV seropositivity
  • syphilis serodiagnosis

Abstract

Objective: The objective is to obtain the seroprevalence of HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV, RPR and to assess their rates according to time, gender, age and other specifications in blood donors.

Methods: HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV and RPR results of 16 362 blood donors from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009 have been evaluated retrospectively. Prevalence of HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV, and RPR were investigated according to gender, age and other specifications of the donor. 

Results: 15,479 (94.6%) of the 16,362 donors were male and 883 (5.4%) were female. The age range of the donors was between 18 and 64 years, and the mean age was 31.55±8.94. 611 (3.73%) of the donors were repeat donors and 15,751 (96.27%) were the relatives of patients. HBsAg was positive in 85 (0.52%), anti-HCV in 59 (0.36%), anti-HIV in 16 (0.1%) and RPR in 13 (0.08%) of the donors. Western Blot confirmation test was reported positive in one of the 16 anti-HIV-positive donors. HBsAg positivity was 0.79% in 2005 and it  regressed to 0.37% in 2009 (p=0.024). 

Conclusions: Seropositivity rate of HBsAg was lower than that of Turkey in general and seroprevalence of HBsAg decreased over years.

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