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Transfusion of blood and blood products is a lifesaving phenomenon that forms an integral part of medical and surgical therapy. Despite the availability of improved donor screening technologies and viral inactivation procedures, the risk of transmission of transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs) still remains a major concern. Factors such as blood donations during the window period, emergence of newer transmissible pathogens, and prevalence of asymptomatic carriers pose a serious challenge to blood safety. Hence constant monitoring and retrospective analysis of the incidence of TTIs, notably hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and syphilis among voluntary blood donors becomes essential to evaluate the prevalence of TTIs in the population. While the data on seroprevalence of TTIs among voluntary blood donors have been previously published from the north, west and the eastern Indian regions, there has been a paucity of data from the peninsular Southern India. Hence we evaluated the serosurveillance of certain major TTIs among voluntary blood donors attending the blood bank of a government health centre in Southern India.

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Vol. 5 Núm.5. Mayo 2011 Pags. 410-412 J Infect Developing Countries 2011; 5(5)