Use of Blood Donor Screening to Monitor Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C Viruses, South Africa

Published on 2017-09-012023-06-03
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases

[키워드] Blood donors Hepatitis Hepatitis B virus hepatitis C virus HIV Prevalence South Africa viruses

[Category] B형 간염, Fulltext,

PMC URL Pubmed URL [DOI] 10.3201/eid2309.161594

[Source] PMC

Among 397,640 first-time blood donors screened in South Africa during 2012–2015, HIV prevalence was 1.13%, hepatitis B virus prevalence 0.66%, and hepatitis C virus prevalence 0.03%. Findings of note were a high HIV prevalence in Mpumalanga Province and the near absence of hepatitis C virus nationwide.

All Keywords
【저자키워드】 viruses, HIV, Prevalence, Blood donors, South Africa, Hepatitis, hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus,