Use of Blood Donor Screening to Monitor Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C Viruses, South Africa
Marion Vermeulen, Ronel Swanevelder, Dhuly Chowdhury, Charlotte Ingram, Ravi Reddy, Evan M Bloch, Brian S Custer, Edward L Murphy, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) International Component, Marion Vermeulen, Ronel Swanevelder, Dhuly Chowdhury, Charlotte Ingram, Ravi Reddy, Evan M Bloch, Brian S Custer, Edward L Murphy, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) International Component
Abstract
Among 397,640 first-time blood donors screened in South Africa during 2012-2015, HIV prevalence was 1.13%, hepatitis B virus prevalence 0.66%, and hepatitis C virus prevalence 0.03%. Findings of note were a high HIV prevalence in Mpumalanga Province and the near absence of hepatitis C virus nationwide.
Keywords: HIV; South Africa; blood donors; hepatitis; hepatitis B virus; hepatitis C virus; prevalence; viruses.
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