Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among blood donors in Rivers State, Nigeria

Anti‐HCV pre‐transfusion testing among blood donors has not been introduced as a mandatory test in Rivers State, hence the risk of transfusion‐transmitted HCV cannot be fully ascertained. One thousand (1000) apparently healthy blood donors were screened using a rapid second – generation test, the HE...

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Published inTransfusion medicine (Oxford, England) Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 449 - 451
Main Authors Koate, B. B. D., Buseri, F. I., Jeremiah, Z. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK; Malden, USA Blackwell Science Ltd 01.10.2005
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Biological Assay - methods
Blood Donors
Female
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C - epidemiology
Hepatitis C - prevention & control
Hepatitis C - transmission
hepatitis C virus
Humans
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Nigeria
Prevalence
Rivers state
Seroepidemiologic Studies
seroprevalence
Nigeria
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Summary:Anti‐HCV pre‐transfusion testing among blood donors has not been introduced as a mandatory test in Rivers State, hence the risk of transfusion‐transmitted HCV cannot be fully ascertained. One thousand (1000) apparently healthy blood donors were screened using a rapid second – generation test, the HEP C SPOT HCV assay. An overall prevalence of 2.9% was observed in this study. The highest prevalence (8.1%) was found among adults aged between 26 and 33 years and commercial donors.
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ISSN:0958-7578
1365-3148
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3148.2005.00601.x