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Table 4 Seroprevalence of TTIs among Replacement and Voluntary Blood donors at Gash Barka Zonal Blood Transfusion Center, Barentu, from July 2014 to April 2017

From: Seroprevalence of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Gash Barka Zonal Blood Transfusion Center, Barentu, Eritrea, 2014 through 2017

Type of Donor

Number of Donors

Any TTI

No (%)

HBsAg + ve

No (%)

HCV + ve

No (%)

HIV + ve

No (%)

Anti -TP + ve

No (%)

FRBD

1158

194 (16.8%)

61 (5.3%)

8 (0.7%)

15 (1.3%)

123 (10.6%)

VNRBD

781

56 (7.2%)

36 (4.6%)

5 (0.6%)

1 (0.1%)

17 (2.2%)

P -value

 

0.000

0.294

0.566

0.003

0.000

  1. Note: P-value, Fisher’s exact test to test statistical difference
  2. FRBD family replacement blood donors, VNRBD voluntary non-remunerated blood donors, + ve positive, Any TTI Blood units positive for at least one of the tested transfusion transmissible infections
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BMC Hematology

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