| Safety of blood transfusion: prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in blood donors in Zaria, Northern Nigeria | |
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Background: Hepatitis B infection has long been known to be common in the general population and due to its mode of transmission through blood transfusion; it had made provision of safe blood difficult especially in developing countries. <BR><BR>Method: A retrospective study aimed at reassessing the current of sero-prevalence of hepatitis B infection in blood donors in a typical developing country was conducted. <BR><BR>Results: Six thousand and twenty five regular blood were screened our of which 254 (4.2%) were HBsAg positive with lowest rates being in 2001 (3.5%) and the highest rates occurred in 2002(5.1%).Age of donors ranged from 19-42years with a mean 33 years, 98% were males while only 2% were females. Prevalence of HBsAg was 47.2% in patients' replacement donors, 44.5% in relations of antenatal clinic attendees and 8.3% in voluntary donors. <BR><BR>Conclusions: This study has revealed a high prevalence rate of hepatitis B infections in all age groups and categories of blood donors in our setting which makes transfusion of unscreened hazardous. <BR><BR> <i>Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research </i> Vol. 7(3&4) 2005: 290-292 |
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Muktar, HM; Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria; hmuktar2000@yahoo.com, Suleiman, AM; ;, Jones, M; ; |
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Publisher : Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research Association of Crop Science, Uganda Type : Peer-Reviewed Article, Format : - |
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2006-11-07 |
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Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research - Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research; Vol. 7, No. 3 (2005) |
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