Open AccessTransfusion transmittable infections - Seroprevalence among blood donors in a tertiary care hospital of Delhi
Author(s) -
Sangeeta Pathak,
M Chandrashekhar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.115566
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , seroprevalence , virology , nat , hepatitis b virus , blood transfusion , hepatitis b , antibody , malaria , window period , immunology , virus , serology , computer network , computer science
Transfusion transmittable infections (TTI) continue to be a major threat to safe transfusion practices. Blood is one of the major sources of transmission of infectious diseases viz. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), syphilis, malaria, and many other infections in India. Screening assays for the infectious diseases with excellent sensitivity and specificity helps to enhance the safety of the blood transfusions reducing the diagnostic window period as much as possible.