Prevalence and factors associated with transfusion-transmissible infections (HIV, HBV, HCV and Syphilis) among blood donors in Gabon: Systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 8; p. e0307101
• Main Authors: Mangala, Christian, Maulot-Bangola, Denis, Moutsinga, Alain, Okolongo-Mayani, Serge Christian, Matsomo-Kombet, Gwladys Esmeralda, Moundanga, Mireille, Mombo-Maganga, Christian, Mabika-Obanda, Alfred Keith Felix, Fokam, Joseph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.08.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood; Blood & organ donations; Blood banks; Blood donors; Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data; Blood Transfusion; Blood transfusions; Content analysis; Female; Gabon - epidemiology; Health aspects; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C - epidemiology; Hepatitis C - transmission; Hepatitis C virus; Heterogeneity; HIV; HIV (Viruses); HIV infection; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Industrialized nations; Infection; Infections; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Pathogens; Physical Sciences; Prevalence; Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Reviews; Risk Factors; Serology; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sociodemographics; Software; Statistical analysis; STD; Surveillance; Syphilis; Syphilis - epidemiology; Systematic review; Transfusion; Transfusion Reaction - epidemiology; Viruses; Visual effects; Gabon; Iran; Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethiopia

Transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) remain a major public health problem in countries with limited resources, particularly in Gabon. Complete information on the prevalence in Gabon of the main TTIs among blood donors is still lacking in the national context. The purpose of this systematic re...