Research Article
Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types 1 and 2 Seropositivity among Blood Donors at Mbarara Regional Blood Bank, South Western Uganda
Table 1
Demographic and donor baseline characteristics for the study participants.
| Characteristic | | (%) |
| Sex | | | Male | 229 | 62.2 | Female | 139 | 37.8 | Age, years | | | <20 | 273 | 74.2 | 20–40 | 93 | 25.3 | 40 | 2 | 0.5 | Education | | | Primary | 1 | 0.3 | Secondary | 367 | 99.7 | Tertiary | 0 | 0 | Occupation | | | Student | 364 | 98.9 | Teacher | 1 | 0.3 | Business | 1 | 0.3 | Driver | 1 | 0.3 | Other (housewife) | 1 | 0.3 | Marital status | | | Single | 364 | 98.9 | Married | 4 | 1.2 | Address of residence | | | Rural | 287 | 77.9 | Urban | 81 | 21.1 | Type of donor | | | New | 206 | 55.98 | Repeat | 162 | 44.02 |
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