Need for Nucleic Acid Testing in Countries with High Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections

Table 1

Prevalence of HBsAg, HCV, HIV, and anti-TP in blood donors of Rajasthan, India (voluntary donors = 40,257 replacement donors = 7,301, total donors = 47,558).

	HBsAg	HCV	HIV	Anti TP	Total
Overall prevalence (%)	1.5	0.63	0.33	0.16	2.62
Men : women	100.6 : 1	58.6 : 1	30.8 : 1	24.7 : 1	53.7 : 1
Seropositivity ratio
Prevalence in voluntary donors (%)	1.45	0.61	0.32	0.15	2.53
Prevalence in Replacement donors (%)	1.77	0.71	0.41	0.22	3.11
Age-specific; prevalence
18–25 (%)	1.08	0.60	0.35	0.10	2.13
26–40 (%)	1.8	0.63	0.31	0.14	2.88
41–60 (%)	1.7	0.74	0.35	0.43	3.22