Research Article
Decreasing Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Indian Scenario
Table 2
Prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections among voluntary blood donors (2008-2009).
| No.
| Year | Total no. of samples | HIV (%) | HBV (%) | HCV (%) | VDRL (%) | Malaria (%) |
| 1 | 2008 | 1176 | 2 (0.17%) | 4 (0.34%) | 3 (0.25%) | Nil | Nil | 2 | 2009 | 1611 | 2 (0.12%) | 4 (0.24%) | 2 (0.12%) | Nil | Nil | 3 | 2010 | 2256 | 3 (0.13%) | 7 (0.31%) | 3 (0.13%) | 1 (0.04%) | Nil | 4 | 2011 | 3191 | 1 (0.03%) | 8 (0.25%) | 4 (0.12%) | Nil | Nil | 5 | 2012 | 3743 | 2 (0.05%) | 6 (0.16%) | 3 (0.08%) | Nil | 2 (0.05%) |
| ā | Total | 11977 | 10 (0.08%) | 29 (0.24%) | 15 (0.001%) | 1 (0.008%) | 2 (0.01%) |
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HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; VDRL: Venereal Disease Research Laboratory.
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