Risk behaviors in volunteer blood donors who seroconverted for HIV, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 1997 to 2005 HIV infection risk factors in seroconverted blood donors in Abidjan

• Published in: Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 888 - 93
• Main Authors: Minga, Albert, Dohoun, Lambert, Abo, Yao, Coulibaly, Ali, Konaté, Seidou, Ouattara, Hervé-Penan, N'Guessan, Bath K., Dabis, François, Salamon, Roger, Lewden, Charlotte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 01.04.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Donors; Blood Transfusion; Cote d'Ivoire; Female; HIV Infections; HIV Seronegativity; HIV Seropositivity; Humans; Life Sciences; Male; Risk-Taking; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sexual Behavior; Voluntary Workers; sub-Saharan Africa; seroconverters; sexual behavior; blood donor; HIV infection

BACKGROUND: The residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from blood products in the Abidjan National Blood Transfusion Center was estimated to be 1 in 5780 blood donations over the period 2002 through 2004. We aimed at describing risk behaviors in blood donors who seroconvert...