Prevalence of hepatitis B carrier and HIV in healthy blood donors at Ayub Teaching Hospital

ABSTRACT

A seroepidemiologic study for hepatitis B and Human immunodeficiency viruses was conducted at the blood bank of Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad. Volunteer blood donors from during the period 01-6-99 to 31-8-99 were selected. For Hepatitis B virus, surface antigen was used and for Human Immunodeficiency virus Human Antibodies were used as viral detection. Out of these 960 donors 18 [1.55%] were hepatitis B surface antigen positive and the remaining were negative. The 18 [1.55%]positive donors were males only