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. 2002 Sep;40(9):3523-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3523-3525.2002.

Prevalence of blood-borne infectious diseases in blood donors in Ghana

William Ampofo  1 , Nicholas Nii-Trebi, Justina Ansah, Kenji Abe, Hideo Naito, Simeon Aidoo, Victor Nuvor, James Brandful, Naoki Yamamoto, David Ofori-Adjei, Koichi Ishikawa
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Prevalence of blood-borne infectious diseases in blood donors in Ghana

William Ampofo et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Sep.

Abstract

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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