Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal

BACKGROUND: HIV, HBV, Syphilis and HCV share common modes of transmission. OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to determine the co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors. METHODS: The study was conducted on blood samples screened as HCV seropositive at Nepa...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Ashish Chandra, Ghimire, Prakash, Tiwari, Bishnu Raj, Rajkarnikar, Manita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.14835
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author Shrestha, Ashish Chandra
Ghimire, Prakash
Tiwari, Bishnu Raj
Rajkarnikar, Manita
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description BACKGROUND: HIV, HBV, Syphilis and HCV share common modes of transmission. OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to determine the co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors. METHODS: The study was conducted on blood samples screened as HCV seropositive at Nepal Red Cross Society, Central Blood Transfusion Service, Kathmandu, Nepal. HCV seropositive samples were further tested for HIV, HBV and Syphilis. RESULTS: Eight co-infections were observed in 139 HCV seropositives with total co-infection rate of 5.75% (95% CI=2.52-11.03). CONCLUSION: Co-infection of HIV, HBV and Syphilis with HCV is prevalent in the healthy looking blood donors of Kathmandu, Nepal.
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spelling pubmed-34263412012-09-06 Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal Shrestha, Ashish Chandra Ghimire, Prakash Tiwari, Bishnu Raj Rajkarnikar, Manita Infect Ecol Epidemiol Original Article BACKGROUND: HIV, HBV, Syphilis and HCV share common modes of transmission. OBJECTIVE: The study was aimed to determine the co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors. METHODS: The study was conducted on blood samples screened as HCV seropositive at Nepal Red Cross Society, Central Blood Transfusion Service, Kathmandu, Nepal. HCV seropositive samples were further tested for HIV, HBV and Syphilis. RESULTS: Eight co-infections were observed in 139 HCV seropositives with total co-infection rate of 5.75% (95% CI=2.52-11.03). CONCLUSION: Co-infection of HIV, HBV and Syphilis with HCV is prevalent in the healthy looking blood donors of Kathmandu, Nepal. Co-Action Publishing 2012-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3426341/ /pubmed/22957133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.14835 Text en © 2012 Ashish Chandra Shrestha http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Shrestha, Ashish Chandra
Ghimire, Prakash
Tiwari, Bishnu Raj
Rajkarnikar, Manita
Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal
title Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal
title_full Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal
title_fullStr Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal
title_short Co-infection rate of HIV, HBV and Syphilis among HCV seropositive identified blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal
title_sort co-infection rate of hiv, hbv and syphilis among hcv seropositive identified blood donors in kathmandu, nepal
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.14835
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