Document 2731
 DOCN  M94A2731
 TI    Detection of antibody to HIV 1 & 2 in blood donors.
 DT    9412
 AU    Prabhakar K; Apollo Hospitals, Madras, India.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):238 (abstract no. PB0383). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369844
 AB    We analysed the data from 20727 samples in 1992, 1993 regarding the
       prevalence of HIV positive individuals in voluntary donors. A
       retrospective analysis of the donors population was done with regard to
       the age, sex distribution. The donors were screened for antibody to HIV
       1 & 2 using Abbott recombinant HIV 1 & 2 by Enzyme Immuno Assay. Among
       the 20727 donors the male & female ratio was 18209/2518 (7.2/1). The
       population of voluntary donors to replacement donors was 14446/6281
       (2.29/1). The numbers of HIV positive cases screened using EIA was 27
       out of 20727 donors given an incidence of 0.13%. All the cases were from
       replacement donors and none was from voluntary donors. The screening of
       blood donors for HIV antibody involved random sampling of a donor
       population. The incidence of HIV positive cases was very low. The
       patients who had received whole blood or it's components from our blood
       bank have not been reported positive for HIV.
 DE    Blood Banks  *Blood Donors  Female  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity/*DIAGNOSIS/IMMUNOLOGY  *HIV Seroprevalence
       HIV-1/*IMMUNOLOGY  HIV-2/*IMMUNOLOGY  Immunoenzyme Techniques  India
       Male  Mass Screening  Retrospective Studies  MEETING ABSTRACT

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