In:
Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, Emerald
Abstract:
Introduction: Blood donation is considered an essential practice that saves millions of lives; however, unsafe transfusion practices also put millions of people at risk of transfusion-transmissible infections. This study is aimed to describe the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus among blood donors in King Abdulla hospital (Bisha, KSA) in the duration from March 2013 to April 2019.
Methods: The study design is a retrospective cross-sectional hospital-based. The study investigates the percentages of the hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus among blood donors. The included samples were 16218. All samples were tested in the central blood bank by ELISA methods. Data were analyzed by SPSS 23 (2015). Result: All the blood donors were males. The age of donors ranged from 18 to 55 and most of them were in the age group 20-30 years (37.3). The prevalence of HBC, HCV and HIV were 0.5%, 0.3% and 0.1% respectively. Percentages reported in Bisha were the lowest across Saudi Arabia.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1985-9899
DOI:
10.51758/AGJSR-04-2020-0016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Emerald
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2723651-1
SSG:
11
SSG:
6,23