Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Among Blood Donors: The Experience in a Nigerian Blood Transfusion Service Centre

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dc.contributor.authorDapus, D.O
dc.contributor.authorPiwuna, T.O
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, D.E
dc.contributor.authorOgbenna, A.A
dc.contributor.authorKut, S.D
dc.contributor.authorGodit, P
dc.contributor.authorBodunde, T
dc.contributor.authorChetle, L.D
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T12:00:34Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T12:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractHepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the blood borne viral agents of significant worldwide medical concern because of post transfusion hepatitis. This study is to determine baseline data on HCV in our blood service to guide future planning towards the quality of blood transfusion. All consenting blood donors between January and March 2013 were screened with ELISA for hepatitis C virus antibody and their ABO blood groups determined. The subjects were 2382 (87.5%) voluntary and 339 (12.5%) family replacement blood donors. The overall prevalence of HCV antibody among our subjects was 6.1%. There were 156 (6.6%) sero positive HCV reactions among the voluntary blood donors which is significantly higher than 10 (3.0%) observed among family replacement donors; p=0.01. The sex prevalence of HCV among the male and female donors were 6.2% and 5.9% respectively; p=0.7. The highest prevalence of 12.6% was recorded among donors aged 46-55 years. The rate of HCV antibody positivity was 8.4% among new voluntary non remunerated blood donors, 2.5%, 3.0%, and 8.6% among regular voluntary non remunerated blood donors, family replacement blood donors and lapsed donors respectively. The differences in the HCV prevalence among the ABO blood groups were not significant; p>0.05. We conclude that HCV infection is common among all types of blood donors.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDapus, D.O., Piwuna, T.O., Joseph, D.E., Ogbenna, A.A., Kut, S.D., Godit, P., Bodunde, T. and Chetle, L.D. (2013). Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Among Blood Donors: The Experience in a Nigerian Blood Transfusion Service Centre. Global Advanced Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2(5), 108-113.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2315-5159
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10928
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGlobal Advanced Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis C virusen_US
dc.subjectBlood donorsen_US
dc.subjectBlood Serviceen_US
dc.subjectTransfusion hepatitisen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::MEDICINEen_US
dc.titleHepatitis C Virus Antibody Among Blood Donors: The Experience in a Nigerian Blood Transfusion Service Centreen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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