| dc.contributor.author | Karuru, J.W | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lule, G.N | |
| dc.contributor.author | Joshi, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anzala, O | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-26T09:54:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T09:54:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 2005 Apr;82(4):166-9 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/16122082 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | To determine the prevalence of HCV infection and HCV/HIV co-infection among voluntary blood donors at the National Blood Transfusion Centre and clients at the Kenyatta National Hospital HIV-Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Centre.
DESIGN:
A prospective cross-sectional descriptive study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National Hospital, a tertiary referral and teaching hospital and the National Blood Transfusion Services Centre, Nairobi.
SUBJECTS:
Volunteer blood donors and VCT attendants.
RESULTS:
The prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection among 6154 blood donors in the NBTSC was very low, at 0.02. The HIV prevalence among the 353 KNH HIV-VCT clients was 9.3%, none of the clients tested positive for HCV. The incidence of risk factors in the persons with HCV and/or HIV infection(s) was low.
CONCLUSION:The prevalence of HCV infection among pre-screened volunteer blood donors was low. However the current practice of screening all donated blood for HCV remains indispensable to prevent its transmission to blood recipients. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Prevalence of HCV and HIV/HCV co-infection among volunteer blood donors and VCT clients | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Internal Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, | en |
