Behavior assessment of blood donors facing the risk of HIV infection, Abidjan, Cotê D'Ivoire, 2001-2002

Despite precautions taken to guarantee blood safety, in the National Blood Transfusion Center (CNTS) of Abidjan, about 30 regular blood donors are detected with HIV seroconversion each year, two-thirds of them men. A survey through face-to-face interviews was carried out at the CNTS of Abidjan from...

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Published inJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 38; no. 5; p. 618
Main Authors Minga, Albert K, Huët, Charlotte, Dohoun, Lambert, Abo, Yao, Bonard, Dominique, Gourvellec, G, Coulibaly, Ali, Konaté, Seidou, Dabis, Francois, Salamon, Roger
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.04.2005
Subjects
Blood Donors - psychology
Cote d'Ivoire - epidemiology
Female
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Infections - transmission
HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology
Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Risk-Taking
Safety
Sexual Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Transfusion Reaction
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Summary:Despite precautions taken to guarantee blood safety, in the National Blood Transfusion Center (CNTS) of Abidjan, about 30 regular blood donors are detected with HIV seroconversion each year, two-thirds of them men. A survey through face-to-face interviews was carried out at the CNTS of Abidjan from September 2001 to March 2002 among HIV-positive and HIV-negative regular blood donors, informed about their serologic status. HIV-negative regular blood donors informed about their serologic status since a median time of 67 months (n = 50) disclosed more risky behaviors such as multiple sexual partners (68%) than HIV-positive blood donors informed about their status (n = 112) since a median time of 35 months (41%) (P < 0.001). Condoms were systematically used by 17% of HIV-negative blood donors and 55% of HIV-positive blood donors (P < 0.001). Enhanced counseling and awareness could reduce in the future the number of cases of seroconversion among regular blood donors and improve their subsequent behavior. Blood donors who have unprotected sex with partners of unknown HIV serologic status and especially with casual partners are strongly exposed to HIV transmission and should be discouraged to continue giving blood, after adequate counseling.
ISSN:1525-4135
DOI:10.1097/01.qai.0000141221.20346.65