Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis and HIV in Georgian blood donors

被引：40

作者：

Butsashvili, M ^{[1
]}

Tsertsvadze, T ^{[1
]}

McNutt, LA ^{[1
]}

Kamkamidze, G ^{[1
]}

Gvetadze, R ^{[1
]}

Badridze, N ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] AIDS & Clin Immunol Ctr, GE-380060 Tbilisi, Georgia

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2001年 / 17卷 / 07期

关键词：

blood donors; hepatitis B virus; hepatitis C virus; human immunodeficiency virus; prevalence; syphilis;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1015566132757

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Prevalence of human immunodeficiency (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) virus and syphilis in the population of blood donors in Georgia has been investigated. Out of 4970 donors 7.3% had anti-HCV (6.9% confirmed), HbsAg was positive in 4.1% (3.4% confirmed), Seroprevalence of Syphilis was 2.3%. Three individuals had HIV. Prevalence of HCV and HBV in Georgia is higher than national prevalence estimates of viral hepatitis in neighboring countries.

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