Prevalence and risk factors evaluation for transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors from Shiyan, China.

Objective: Transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) are severe threats to blood safety and public health. A retrospective study of blood donor records from 2015 to 2019 in Shiyan, China, was conducted.

Methods: TTI prevalence was analyzed using ELISA, RT-PCR, and demographic data.

Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, and Treponema pallidum infections among blood donors at Shiyan, Central China.

Background: Ordinary screening of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) among blood donors is essential for blood transfusion. Although there is several TTIs studies focus on human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, and Treponema pallidum infections in China, it is no data to illustrate any firm conclusion from Shiyan City, Central China. It aims to verify the seroprevalence of TTIs among blood donors at Shiyan.