Open AccessTrends of transfusion transmissible diseases among blood donors at Uttarakhand, India
Author(s) -
Gita Negi,
Dushyant Singh Gaur
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.137161
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , hbsag , malaria , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , context (archaeology) , blood transfusion , virology , immunology , transfusion medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , biology , paleontology
Blood can save lives; however, it can be a source of transfusion transmitted diseases if proper screening of donated blood is not done. It is now mandatory to screen all donated blood units, whether replacement or voluntary for five transfusion transmitted diseases-namely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C, syphilis, and malaria.