Hepatitis B virus and other transfusion-transmissible infections in child blood recipients in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a hospital-based study.

Introduction: Children requiring multiple blood transfusions are at high risk of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs). Lao People's Democratic Republic is a low-resource setting where donor blood screening faces challenges. This study aimed to determine the burden of TTIs in children in Vientiane Capital.