Research Article
Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario
Table 1
Prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections among replacement blood donors (2008-2009).
| No.
| Year | Total no. of samples | HIV (%) | HBV (%) | HCV (%) | VDRL (%) | Malaria (%) |
| | 1 | 2008 | 23468 | 64 (0.27%) | 690 (2.94%) | 403 (1.71%) | 8 (0.03%) | Nil | | 2 | 2009 | 28340 | 72 (0.25%) | 642 (2.26%) | 206 (0.72%) | 14 (0.04%) | Nil | | 3 | 2010 | 37281 | 54 (0.14%) | 478 (1.28%) | 128 (0.34%) | 5 (0.01%) | Nil | | 4 | 2011 | 38844 | 72 (0.18%) | 519 (1.33%) | 98 (0.25%) | Nil | 2 (0.005%) | | 5 | 2012 | 52438 | 17 (0.03%) | 700 (1.33%) | 50 (0.09%) | Nil | 15 (0.02%) |
| | | Total | 180371 | 279 (0.15%) | 3029 (1.67%) | 885 (0.49%) | 27 (0.01%) | 17 (0.009%) |
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HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; VDRL: Venereal Disease Research Laboratory.
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