Open AccessA prospective study for prevalence and/or development of transfusion-transmitted infections in multiply transfused thalassemia major patients
Author(s) -
Ravi Jain,
Jim Perkins,
Susan T. Johnson,
P. B. Desai,
Anil Khatri,
Urmish Chudgar,
Nikumani Choudhury
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0973-6247.98919
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , thalassemia , blood transfusion , antibody , hepatitis b , confidence interval , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , hepatitis b virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , pediatrics , virus
To evaluate the rate of seropositivity to hepatitis B and C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections among children with β-thalassemia major receiving multiple transfusions in Ahmedabad, India, compared with healthy controls.