Published in Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990)
The hepatitis C virus, the main factor in post-transfusion non-A, non-B hepatitis, was discovered in 1989. Screening for hepatitis C is not routine in most developing country blood banks despite the relatively high prevalence of hepatitis C. Blood samples of 410 of 529 individuals negative for HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis who donated blood betwee...
Published in International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation
93% of the 1016 cumulative AIDS cases reported through June 1994 in Chile have been among men. People aged 20-49 years comprise 85% of cases. The cases are concentrated in the Santiago metropolitan area with a second cluster in the urban sea coast region which includes Valparaiso and Vina-del-Mar. An additional 1627 people have been confirmed HIV s...
Published in International journal of dermatology
The incidence of genital herpes is increasing worldwide and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the most common cause of genital ulcerations among sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Findings are reported from an assessment of the prevalence of antibodies to HSV-2 in low- and high-risk populations in Brazil. 155 voluntary blood donors and 85 H...
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) have successfully been used as stem cells for both autologous and allogeneic transplants. However, little is known concerning the absolute number and phenotype of primitive progenitors, such as long-term culture-initiating cells (LTC-IC) in mobilized PB...
Published in AIDS (London, England)
In countries with a high incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), blood donations made during the "window period" (time between infection and the development of detectable antibody) pose a serious risk. To assess the extent of this risk in Thailand, records of all 60,483 blood donors at Bangkok's Mahidol University from January 1, 1990, to ...
Published in Societes d'Afrique & SIDA : newsletter of the Societes d'Afrique & SIDA Network
To increase understanding of the cultural issues associated with voluntary blood donation in the Central African Republic, interviews were conducted with both donors and nondonors. The study identified numerous misperceptions and fears that must be addressed if voluntary blood donation rates are to be improved. Giving blood represents an extreme sa...
Published in East African medical journal
Researchers compared the results of a sentinel surveillance study on HIV-1 infection in 1292 pregnant women 15-47 years old attending prenatal care and in 454 blood donors (mean age = 28.7 years) in Bukoba, Tanzania, in 1990 with those from a cross sectional population-based study on HIV-1 infection among 553 people 15-54 years old also conducted i...
Published in Indian journal of pathology & microbiology
Since 1989, screening of all blood collected for transfusion for HIV has been mandatory in Delhi, India. Blood collected at Delhi's 29 blood banks is sent to 1 of 10 zonal blood testing centers. About 90% of blood donors are men 20-40 years of age. Only about 20% of donors are voluntary; 35% of blood is contributed by paid professional donors and t...
Published in Transfusion
2242 blood donors were interviewed and their blood tested for antibody to HIV between September 1993 and April 1994. The risk factors associated with being HIV seropositive were identified. Criteria to identify HIV-seropositive individuals on the basis of a logistic equation were then developed and applied to another group of 5769 prospective blood...
Published in Papua and New Guinea medical journal
The Papua New Guinea Red Cross Blood Transfusion Program, a nongovernmental organization based in Port Moresby General Hospital, has an agreement with the government to "recruit and maintain suitable donor panels and collect and store blood at appropriate centers." The government provides staff (except for the Director and Deputy Director), buildin...
