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Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis and HIV in Georgian blood donors.

M Butsashvili1, T Tsertsvadze, L A McNutt, G Kamkamidze, R Gvetadze, N Badridze.   

Abstract

Prevalence of human immunodeficiency (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) virus and syphilis in the population of blood donors in Georgia has been investigated. Out of 4970 donors 7.3% had anti-HCV (6.9% confirmed), HbsAg was positive in 4.1% (3.4% confirmed), Seroprevalence of Syphilis was 2.3%. Three individuals had HIV. Prevalence of HCV and HBV in Georgia is higher than national prevalence estimates of viral hepatitis in neighboring countries.

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Year:  2001        PMID： 12086085     DOI： 10.1023/a:1015566132757

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Epidemiol        ISSN： 0393-2990            Impact factor:   8.082


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