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Copyright ©2007 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2007; 13(27): 3730-3733
Published online Jul 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3730
Table 1 Prevalence of TTIs among the blood donors in the years 2004 and 2005
Total No ofsamples studied
No of samplesreactive (%)
Statisticalsignificance
2004200520042005RR (95% Cl)P values
HBsAg113 051106 6951448 (1.28)1768 (1.66)1.29 (1.21-1.39)< 0.001
Anti-HCV113 051106 695314 (0.28)372 (0.35)1.26 (1.08-1.46)0.003
Anti-HIV113 051106 695262 (0.23)374 (0.35)1.51 (1.29-1.77)< 0.001
Rapid plasma reagin (Syphilis)113 051106 695772 (0.68)853 (0.80)1.17 (1.06-1.29)0.001
Table 2 Detection of HBV DNA in anti-HBc positive blood donors
Samplescollectedinthe yearTotal numberof HBsAgnegativesamplescollectedNo of Anti HBc positivesamples (irrespectiveof anti HBs status) (%)
No of ‘Anti HBc only’samples (anti HBsnegative) (%)
TotalPresence ofHBV DNATotalPresence ofHBV DNA
200456495 (16.8)23 (24.2)36 (6.4)11 (30.5)
200546393 (20.1)17 (18.3)25 (5.4)8 (32.0)
Total1027188 (18.3)40 (21.3)61 (5.9)19 (31.1)