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Short Communication- Prevalence of HIV positive blood donors among screened volunteers who satisfied the criteria for blood donation in a semi-urban Nigeria population
Two thousand five hundred and thirty two (2,532) males, aged 25 -50
years potential blood donors were randomly selected from the total
number of volunteer blood donors who satisfied the initial screening
criteria for donating blood, and were screened for HIV using Immunocomb
II (HIV 1 and 2 Bispot) and Recombigen HIV-1/HIV-2RTD. Results from the
study reveal that this procedure of screening volunteer donors by
initial criteria alone does not fully eliminate all HIV positive
donors. The prevalence of HIV positive donors among the screened
volunteers who satisfied the criteria for blood donation was 0.87%