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. 2001;17(7):693-5.
doi: 10.1023/a:1015566132757.

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

M Butsashvili  1 , T Tsertsvadze, L A McNutt, G Kamkamidze, R Gvetadze, N Badridze
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Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis and HIV in Georgian blood donors

M Butsashvili et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2001.

Abstract

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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