Evaluation of demographic characteristics and hepatitis B,C and HIV prevalence among blood donors in Jahrom
Journal Title: Khoon - Year 2006, Vol 2, Issue 7
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Evaluation of demographic characteristics and hepatitis B,C and HIV prevalence among blood donors in Jahrom Emamghorashi F.2 (MD ), Fathi G.H.2 (MD ), Mohtashami A.1,3(MD ) 1Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization-Research Center 2Jahrom College of Medical Sciences 3Jahrom Regional Blood Transfusion Center Abstract Background and Objectives Evaluation of demography and prevalence of HBsAg, HCV and HIV in blood donors in Jahrom was the goal of this study. Materials and Methods Data includeing age, sex, job, education level, underlying diseases, serologic tests (HBsAg, HCV, HIV) were obtained from files of blood donors who referred to blood center in Jahrom during 2001-2003. Results The average age of blood donors was 32.52±5.6; 92.2% of them were male. Most of the blood donors (71.9%) were rural inhabitants. Having free jobs (43.5%) and being government employees (14.5%) were the most frequent job categories.The prevalence of HBsAg and HCV was 0.4 and 0.3% respectively. No case of HIV was detected. Conclusions Age and sex distribution of blood donors in present study was similar to other studies, but job and education frequency was different. The prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV was lower than others parts of the world. Key words: Demography, Blood donor, HBV , HCV , HIV SJIBTO 2006; 2(7): 373-378 Received: 1 Mar 2005 Accepted: 5 Apr 2006 Correspondence: Emamghorashi F., Paediatric Nephrologist, Jahrom College of Medical Sciences Postal Code: 74157-16596, Jahrom, Iran.Tel: (+98791) 3331520 ; Fax : (+98791) 3331520 E-mail: ghoraishy@yahoo.com
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F Emamghorashi, G. H Fathi, A Mohtashami
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