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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2002, p. 3523-3525, Vol. 40, No. 9
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3523-3525.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases in Blood Donors in Ghana

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon,¹ National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana,² AIDS Research Centre, National Institute for Infectious Diseases,³ Microbiology Department, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan⁴

Received 11 June 2001/ Returned for modification 14 August 2001/ Accepted 13 June 2002

Transfusion-transmissible infections among 808 blood donors in Ghana were investigated in 1999. Antibody seroprevalences of 3.8, 0.7, 8.4, and 13.5%, respectively, for human immunodeficiency virus, human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Treponema pallidum were obtained. The seroprevalence of HCV infection was confirmed to be 0.9% after supplementary testing, and the transfusion risk potential of these pathogens was demonstrated.

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