Muhammad Saeed1, Shahida Hussain2, Farhan Rasheed3, Maqsood Ahmad4, Mizna Arif5, Muhammad Tariq Hamid Rahmani6. 1. Medical Lab Technologist, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore. 2. Scientific Officer, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore. 3. Pathology, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore. 4. Medical Lab Technologist, Institute of Blood Transfusion Services, Lahore. 5. Pathology, Post Graduate Medical College, Lahore. 6. Pathology, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal, Pakistan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyse transfusion transmissible infections in asymptomatic population. METHODS: This study was conducted at the Allama Iqbal Medical College and Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from December 2014 to November 2015, and comprised healthy asymptomatic blood donors.Every sample was screened for the presence of antibodies/antigens of hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, treponemapallidum, hepatitis B virus and malaria parasite through rapid immunochromatographic technique. RESULTS: Of the 18,274 blood donors, 17,276(94.53%) were found healthy and 998(5.46%) were infected. Besides, 71(0.38%) had multiple infections. The overall frequency of anti-hepatitis C virus, treponemapallidum (syphilis), hepatitis B surface antigen, malaria parasite and anti-human immunodeficiency virus was 480(2.62%), 284(1.55%), 210(1.10%), 20(0.10%) and 4(0.02%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Blood transfusion was found to be a significant but preventable mode of spread of transfusion transmissible infections.
OBJECTIVE: To analyse transfusion transmissible infections in asymptomatic population. METHODS: This study was conducted at the Allama Iqbal Medical College and Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from December 2014 to November 2015, and comprised healthy asymptomatic blood donors.Every sample was screened for the presence of antibodies/antigens of hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, treponemapallidum, hepatitis B virus and malaria parasite through rapid immunochromatographic technique. RESULTS: Of the 18,274 blood donors, 17,276(94.53%) were found healthy and 998(5.46%) were infected. Besides, 71(0.38%) had multiple infections. The overall frequency of anti-hepatitis C virus, treponemapallidum (syphilis), hepatitis B surface antigen, malaria parasite and anti-human immunodeficiency virus was 480(2.62%), 284(1.55%), 210(1.10%), 20(0.10%) and 4(0.02%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Blood transfusion was found to be a significant but preventable mode of spread of transfusion transmissible infections.
Authors: Hamid Ehsan; Ahsan Wahab; Muhammad Ammar Shafqat; Muhammad Khawar Sana; Farhan Khalid; Syed Maaz Abdullah; Ali Jaan; Muhammad M Sheikh; Ahmad Muneeb; Sajid Ehsan; Ali Younas Khan; Raheel Iftikhar; Faiz Anwer Journal: J Blood Med Date: 2020-11-02