Julius Tieroyaare Dongdem
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009)
Dongdem, Julius Tieroyaare; Kampo, Sylvanus; Soyiri, Ireneous N.; Asebga, Patrick Nsobila; Ziem, Juventus B.; Sagoe, Kenneth
Authors
Sylvanus Kampo
Dr Ireneous Soyiri I.N.Soyiri@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology
Patrick Nsobila Asebga
Juventus B. Ziem
Kenneth Sagoe
Abstract
Background: Despite education and availability of drugs and vaccines, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still the most common severe liver infection in the world accounting for >1 million annual deaths worldwide. Transfusion of infected blood, unprotected sex and mother to child transmission are 3 key transmission routes of HBV in Ghana. There is high incidence of blood demanding health situations in northern Ghana resulting from anemia, accidents, malnutrition, etc. The higher the demand, the higher the possibility of transmitting HBV through infected blood. The aim of the investigation was to estimate the prevalence of HBV in blood donors which will provide justification for interventions that will help minimize or eliminate HBV infection in Ghana. Findings. We investigated the prevalence of HBV infection among blood donors at Tamale Teaching Hospital. The Wondfo HBsAg test kit was used to determine the concentration of HBsAg in 6,462 (576 voluntary and 5,878 replacement) donors as being 1 ng/ml. 10.79% of voluntary donors and 11.59% of replacement donors were HBsAg+. The 20-29 year group of voluntary donors was >2 times more likely to be HBsAg + than 40-60. Also the 20-29 year category of replacement donors was >4 times as likely to be HBsAg + than 50-69. Conclusions: Risk of infection was age, sex and donor type dependent. The 20-29 year category had the highest prevalence of HBsAg + cases, mostly males residing within the metropolis. © 2012 Dongdem et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Citation
Dongdem, J. T., Kampo, S., Soyiri, I. N., Asebga, P. N., Ziem, J. B., & Sagoe, K. (2012). Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009). BMC research notes, 5, Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-115
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 22, 2012 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 22, 2012 |
Publication Date | 2012 |
Deposit Date | May 15, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | May 21, 2019 |
Journal | BMC Research Notes |
Print ISSN | 1756-0500 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 5 |
Article Number | 115 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-115 |
Keywords | Blood donor; Adefovir; Voluntary donor; HBsAg level; Voluntary blood donor |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1755351 |
Publisher URL | https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-0500-5-115 |
Additional Information | © 2012 Dongdem et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Contract Date | May 21, 2019 |
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