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TRANSFUSION TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS IN BLOOD DONORS IN THE PROVINCE OF BIÉ, ANGOLA, DURING A 15-YEAR FOLLOW-UP, IMPLY THE NEED FOR PATHOGEN REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Disease Control Department, National Directorate of Public Health. Ministry of Health, Luanda, Angola / Internal Medicine Investigation Department, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Agostinho Neto. Luanda, Angola.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório NB3. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Hospital Geral do Bié. Cuito, Angola.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Laboratório de Vacinas Experimentais. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Independent Researcher. Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório NB3. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Hospital Geral do Bié. Cuito, Angola.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Laboratório de Vacinas Experimentais. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Independent Researcher. Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Abstract
Transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs), caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV), human
immunode-ficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and syphilis, have a high global impact,
especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the trend of these infections over time in blood donors
in Angola. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among blood donors in Angola from
2005 to 2020. Additionally, frozen samples obtained from blood donors in 2007 were investigated to
identify chronic HCV carriers and possible occult HBV infection (OBI). The overall prevalence of
HBV, HCV, HIV, and syphilis was 8.5, 3, 2.1, and 4.4%, respectively, among 57,979 blood donors. HBV
was predominant among male donors, while the remaining TTIs were predominant among women.
Donors >50 years had a significantly high prevalence for all TTIs. Chronic HCV infection was ab-sent
in 500 samples tested and OBI was present in 3%. Our results show the continued high prev-alence
of TTIs among blood donors in Angola. Most infections showed a significantly low preva-lence in
years with campaigns seeking voluntary blood donors, thus, reinforcing the importance of this type
of donor to ensure safe blood. Africa, with a high prevalence of diverse pathogens, should consider
cost-effective pathogen reduction technologies, once they are commercially accessible, to increase the
availability of safe blood.
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