Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmissible Infections (TTI’s) in Blood Donors in District Faisalabad

Ahtasham Ahmad; Muhammad Haris Baig; Hameer Khan Khaskheli; Farah Abid; Sameen Shahid; Nighat Batool; Nouman Shahzad; Afifa; Bareera Arshad; Abu Bakar Murtaza; Muhammad Huzaifa; Alina Ahmed

doi:10.53555/ks.v12i5.3452

Authors

Ahtasham Ahmad
Muhammad Haris Baig
Hameer Khan Khaskheli
Farah Abid
Sameen Shahid
Nighat Batool
Nouman Shahzad
Afifa
Bareera Arshad
Abu Bakar Murtaza
Muhammad Huzaifa
Alina Ahmed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/ks.v12i5.3452

Keywords:

Prevalence, HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria, Transfusion-transmissible infections, Congenital, Human immunodeficiency virus, Treponema pallidum, CL-900i, Healgen, Immunochromatography, ELISA.

Abstract

Objective: The evaluation of current prevalence rate Transfusion-Transmissible Infections (TTIs) in blood donors in district Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Study Design: Descriptive method is the design of study

Place of the Study: Department of AHP, GCUF.

Duration of the Study: January 2024 - May 2024

Material and method: Blood donors who qualified for blood donation criteria were screened for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C Syphilis and HIV and Malaria antigen-antibody combination by ICT or chemical luminescent Immunoassay by Mindray CL-900i. All reactive TTI donors were informed and guided to consult with the medical physicians. Descriptive statistics including significance of association were evaluated.

Results: The prevalence of these five (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Syphilis, HIV and Malaria) among blood donors was estimated to be 3.58% out of 5000 sample/donors. Hepatitis B (0.7%), Hepatitis C (1.3%), Syphilis (1.3%), HIV (0.2%) and Malaria (0.1%) respectively.

Author Biographies

Ahtasham Ahmad

Department of AHP, Government College University Faisalabad

Muhammad Haris Baig

Department of AHP, Government College University Faisalabad

Hameer Khan Khaskheli

Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science BCA, University of Padova, Italy

Farah Abid

Faculty of pharmacy, University of South Asia

Sameen Shahid

Center for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab Lahore

Nighat Batool

Department of Pharmacy. Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and technology, Mang Haripur Pakistan

Nouman Shahzad

University of Haripur

Afifa

Center for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab Lahore

Bareera Arshad

Department of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University

Abu Bakar Murtaza

Lahore University of Managment Sciences - LUMS

Muhammad Huzaifa

Department of Pathology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Bahawalpur

Alina Ahmed

Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.