INTRODUCTION: In this study, we aimed to compare the HBV seroprevalances of voluntary blood donors and the healthy persons who required premarital screening. METHODOLOGY: HBsAg ELISA results were collected retrospectively from the records of 9,949 blood donors and 954 healthy persons who required premarital screening. RESULTS: HBsAg was detected in 182 of 9,949 (%1.8) voluntary blood donors and 32 of 954 (%3.4) healthy persons who required premarital screening. HBsAg seropositivity was significiantly higher in the healthy persons who required premarital screening than in blood donors (p = 0.0016). CONCLUSION: Premarital screening is mandatory in our country, and it may provide more accurate epidemiological data to determine HBV seroprevalence than in other selected groups such as blood donors.
INTRODUCTION: In this study, we aimed to compare the HBV seroprevalances of voluntary blood donors and the healthy persons who required premarital screening. METHODOLOGY: HBsAg ELISA results were collected retrospectively from the records of 9,949 blood donors and 954 healthy persons who required premarital screening. RESULTS: HBsAg was detected in 182 of 9,949 (%1.8) voluntary blood donors and 32 of 954 (%3.4) healthy persons who required premarital screening. HBsAg seropositivity was significiantly higher in the healthy persons who required premarital screening than in blood donors (p = 0.0016). CONCLUSION: Premarital screening is mandatory in our country, and it may provide more accurate epidemiological data to determine HBV seroprevalence than in other selected groups such as blood donors.
Authors: Diego M Flichman; Jorgelina L Blejer; Beatriz I Livellara; Viviana E Re; Sonia Bartoli; Juan A Bustos; Claudia P Ansola; Susana Hidalgo; Martin E Cerda; Alicia E Levin; Adriana Huenul; Victoria Riboldi; Elena M C Treviño; Horacio J Salamone; Felix A Nuñez; Robert J Fernández; Juan F Reybaud; Rodolfo H Campos Journal: BMC Infect Dis Date: 2014-04-23 Impact factor: 3.090