ISSN 4521-9745
African Journal of Demography and Population Studies, Vol. 7 (7), pp. 001-002, July, 2022. © International Scholars Journals
Short Communication
Prevalence of HIV positive blood donors among screened volunteers who satisfied the criteria for blood donation in a semi-urban Nigeria population
Ogunkolo, O.F. 1*, Adenaike, F.A. 2, Amballi, A.A. 2and Olukoya Taiwo2
1Department of Physiology, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
2Department of Chemical Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
Accepted 11 January, 2022
Abstract
Two thousand five hundred and thirty two (2,532) males, aged 25 – 50 years potential blood donors were randomly selected from the total number of volunteer blood donors who satisfied the initial screening criteria for donating blood, and were screened for HIV using Immunocomb II (HIV 1 and 2 Bispot) and Recombigen HIV-1/HIV-2RTD. Results from the study reveal that this procedure of screening volunteer donors by initial criteria alone does not fully eliminate all HIV positive donors. The prevalence of HIV positive donors among the screened volunteers who satisfied the criteria for blood donation was 0.87%.
Key words: Prevalence, blood donor, hiv positive and semi urban population.