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.

Muhammad Mudasar, Munazzah Meraj, Mohsina Hamid, Muhammad Saleh Khaskhil, Naheed Akhter, Sadia Javed. (2020) An epidemiological study for seroprevalence of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Faisalabad, Pakistan, , Volume 45, Issue 3.
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