Abstract
All the voluntary, non-paid and
apparently healthy persons in the year 2017,
coming to blood bank were screened for Hepatitis
B, Hepatitis C virus, HIV, Syphilis and malarial
parasite by Immune chromatography technique
(ICT). Prevalence was calculated.
Conclusion: Rate of transfusion transmissible
infections in Faisalabad was very high such as
Hepatitis B, C and Syphilis. While HIV and malarial
parasite prevalence was low. (Rawal Med J
202;45:531-533).
Results: Atotal 29,167 donors were screened; out
of these 2,034 (6.97%) were positive for hepatitis
C, 590 (2.02%) were affected by HBV, four
(0.01%) were positive for HIV, 708 (2.43%) were
positive for syphilis and only 32 (0.01%) were
positive for malarial parasite.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of
transfusion transmissible infections in Faisalabad,
Pakistan.
