Frequency of HIV type 2 infections among blood donor population from India: A 10-year experience.
Indian J Med Microbiol
;
2010 Apr-Jun; 28(2): 111-113
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-143669
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
In India, HIV-2 epidemic is alongside with HIV-1. Blood banks are introducing nucleic acid testing (NAT) for screening. The limitation of NAT systems is the inability to detect HIV-2. Materials andMethod:
An analysis of HIV screening of a blood bank at a tertiary care center from 1998 to 2007 was carried out.Results:
A total of 175026 donors were screened by serological assays and 789 were reactive for HIV antibody. Only 478 (61%) were confirmed positive by Western blot/immunoblot. There were 465 (97.2%) donations positive for HIV-1, 6 (1.3%) for HIV-2 (monotypic infection) and 7 (1.5%) for HIV-1 and HIV-2 (dual infection).Conclusion:
We show the presence of HIV-2 infection among the blood donors and the need for incorporating HIV-2 detection also in the NAT systems.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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