TY - JOUR AU - Shah, Shahida Amjed Riaz AU - Ehsan, Ayesha PY - 2010/03/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Seroprevalence of Surrogate Markers for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV in Healthy Blood Donors at Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 15 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v15i1.23 UR - https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/23 SP - 5 AB - <strong>Introduction: </strong>This project was aimed to determine the seropositivity status for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti<br />Hepatitis C (HCV) antibodies and antibodies to Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) I and II in healthy blood donors<br />donating blood at Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore.<br /><strong>Material and Methods: </strong>The relevant data was collected during a period of 28 months from 1st January 2006 till 31st March<br />2008. It was a cross sectional study which entailed screening of 60719 healthy donors. The donors were aged between 16<br />years to 45 years. There were 93.43% males and 6.57% females.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The seroprevalence of Anti HCV antibodies was 3.870%; for HBsAg it was 1.407%; for HIV antibodies it was<br />0.00658%. Our study demonstrated a higher seropositivity for HIV in healthy donor population than all of the previous<br />reports except one with which it matched precisely. HBsAg showed a definite downwards inclination when compared with<br />similar previous studies carried out in the last 7 years. Seroprevalence of anti HCV antibody was found to be similar when<br />compared with previous studies and demonstrated a higher trend in large cities with a multiethnic population.<br /><strong>Key Words: </strong>MeSH: Blood donors, seroprevalence, HbsAg, antiHCV, HIV. ER -