Asian Pac J Cancer Prev
July 2015
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important cause of liver cancer in Thailand. The highest prevalence of anti-HCV positive among Thai blood donors is found in the northeastern region. The present analysis of the genotype distribution among anti-HCV positive northeastern-Thai blood donors was conducted to provide a base for the epidemiological pattern of HCV infection in this region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFData of the prevalence of red cell alloantibodies in blood donors will assist in improving safe blood supply for patients needing transfusion. The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence of red cell alloantibodies in Lao blood donors. Antibody screening and identification by multiple phase indirect antiglobulin standard tube assay were performed in serum samples from 1,181 blood donor individuals following routine work at the Lao Red Cross National Blood Transfusion Center.
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July 2007
Semi-nested polymerase chain reaction technique was used to detect Torquetenovirus (TTV) DNA in 234 healthy blood donors in northeast Thailand. The incidence of TTV was 28% in 101 healthy blood donors negative for HBsAg and anti-HCV antibody, 25% in 71 HBsAg carriers and 29% among 62 with anti-HCV antibody. No association of TTV infection was found with gender, age, and HBV or HCV infection.
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March 2006
Hepatitis G viral (HGV) infection among northeastern Thai blood donors was determined by the nested RT-PCR technique. HGV RNA was amplified by the degenerated helicase primers for a product of the expected size of 83 base pairs were used in this study. Serum samples from 322 of three different categories of northeastern Thai blood donors were included in this study.
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