Significant increase in HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis infections among blood donors in West Bengal, Eastern India 2004-2005: Exploratory screening reveals high frequency of occult HBV infection

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2007; 13(27): 3730-3733
Published online Jul 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3730

Table 1 Prevalence of TTIs among the blood donors in the years 2004 and 2005

	Total No ofsamples studied		No of samplesreactive (%)		Statisticalsignificance
	Total No ofsamples studied		No of samplesreactive (%)		Statisticalsignificance
	2004	2005	2004	2005	RR (95% Cl)	P values
HBsAg	113 051	106 695	1448 (1.28)	1768 (1.66)	1.29 (1.21-1.39)	< 0.001
Anti-HCV	113 051	106 695	314 (0.28)	372 (0.35)	1.26 (1.08-1.46)	0.003
Anti-HIV	113 051	106 695	262 (0.23)	374 (0.35)	1.51 (1.29-1.77)	< 0.001
Rapid plasma reagin (Syphilis)	113 051	106 695	772 (0.68)	853 (0.80)	1.17 (1.06-1.29)	0.001

Table 2 Detection of HBV DNA in anti-HBc positive blood donors

Samplescollectedinthe year	Total numberof HBsAgnegativesamplescollected	No of Anti HBc positivesamples (irrespectiveof anti HBs status) (%)		No of ‘Anti HBc only’samples (anti HBsnegative) (%)
Samplescollectedinthe year	Total numberof HBsAgnegativesamplescollected	Total	Presence ofHBV DNA	Total	Presence ofHBV DNA
2004	564	95 (16.8)	23 (24.2)	36 (6.4)	11 (30.5)
2005	463	93 (20.1)	17 (18.3)	25 (5.4)	8 (32.0)
Total	1027	188 (18.3)	40 (21.3)	61 (5.9)	19 (31.1)

Citation: Bhattacharya P, Chandra PK, Datta S, Banerjee A, Chakraborty S, Rajendran K, Basu SK, Bhattacharya SK, Chakravarty R. Significant increase in HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis infections among blood donors in West Bengal, Eastern India 2004-2005: Exploratory screening reveals high frequency of occult HBV infection. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(27): 3730-3733
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i27/3730.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3730