Open AccessTreponema pallidum hemagglutination assay seroreactivity among healthy Indian donors and its association with other transfusion transmitted diseases
Author(s) -
Sangeeta Pahuja,
Santosh Kumar Gupta,
Mukta Pujani,
Manjula Jain
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/0973-6247.137447
Subject(s) - medicine , treponema , hbsag , syphilis , serology , hemagglutination assay , immunology , hemagglutination , blood transfusion , hepatitis b , virology , hepatitis b virus , antibody , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , titer
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of syphilis infection by Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay (TPHA) among blood donors in Delhi and to study their correlation with other markers of transfusion transmitted infections such as hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) so as to establish the utility of TPHA over and above venereal diseases research laboratory test (VDRL), not only as a marker for testing T. pallidum infection, but also as a marker of high risk behavior.