Research Article
Transfusion-Transmissible Infections among Voluntary Blood Donors at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital, South Ethiopia
Table 1
Distribution of blood borne pathogens by sex and age among blood donors at Wolaita Sodo Teaching Referral Hospital, 2015.
| | Variable | HCV | HBs Ag | HIV | Syphilis | | R | NR | R | NR | R | NR | R | NR | | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | | | Male | 26 (8.9) | 265 (91.1) | 32 (11.0) | 259 (89.0) | 20 (6.9) | 271 (93.1) | 18 (6.2) | 273 (93.8) | | Female | 7 (7.1) | 92 (92.9) | 5 (5.1) | 94 (94.9) | 5 (5.1) | 94 (94.9) | 13 (13.1) | 86 (86.9) |
| | Age category | | | | | | | | | | ≤30 | 22 (8.0) | 254 (92.0) | 24 (8.7) | 252 (91.3) | 11 (4.0) | 265 (96.0) | 13 (4.7) | 263 (95.3) | | >30 | 11 (9.6) | 103 (90.4) | 13 (11.4) | 101 (88.6) | 14 (12.3) | 100 (87.7) | 18 (15.8) | 96 (84.2) |
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