Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus prevalences among first time blood donors in Istanbul, Turkey, 2004-2011

TİGEN E., Dogru A., Karadag F. Y.

TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE, vol.53, no.2, pp.176-179, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.transci.2015.03.013
  • Journal Name: TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.176-179
  • Keywords: Blood donation, Anti-HIV, HBsAg, Anti-HCV, VIRAL-INFECTIONS, TRANSFUSION, SEROPREVALENCE, TRENDS
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to determine the yearly change rates of the HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV test results and their positivity rates obtained from the 68,393 donors who applied and donated blood for the first time at the Blood Center of the hospital.