Surveillance of HIV infection in blood donors in Pakistan: a systematic review

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] in blood donors in a tertiary care hospital blood bank and then compared with prevalence in other reported studies in Pakistan between 1988 and 2016. Study Design: Prospective single centre study with systematic review. Place and Duration of Study Department of Blood Bank, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, PIMS Hospital Islamabad, from Jan 2015 to Dec 2016