Syphilis infection status among voluntary blood donors in Nanyang area and preventing strategy of blood transfusion transmitted syphilis / 中国输血杂志

ABSTRACT

【Objective】 To analyze the infection status of syphilis among voluntary blood donors in Nanyang area, aimed to provide references for the recruitment of blood donors and ensure blood safety. 【Methods】 Enzyme-linked immunosorbend test(ELISA method) was used to screen the blood samples of 45 6981 voluntary blood donors from 2013 to December 2020, and the reactive blood samples of TP antibody were confirmed by treponema pallidum particle agglutinaation(TPPA method), the syphilis infection status in different population was compared and analyzed. 【Results】 Among 456 981 blood samples, 1 088 were reactive for anti-TP by ELISA method, and 714 were positive for syphilis(714/456 981, 0.15%); the total positive rate and positive rate of male and female in voluntary blood donors decreased year by year; female donors(347/180 987, 0.192%), first-time donors(613/324 188, 0.189%), whole blood donors(708/433 432, 0.163%) and married donors(668/399 899, 0.167%) had a significantly higher syphilis seroprevalence than male donors(367/275 994, 0.133%), repeated donors(101/132 793, 0.076%), apheresis platelet donors(6/23 549, 0.025%) and unmarried donors(46/57 082, 0.080%), respectively, and the differences between two groups were statistically significant (P<0.05); the positive rate in donors with junior high school and below was significantly higher than other groups; the positive rate in donors of 35~44 years old was higher than other age groups, with statistically significant difference(P<0.05); syphilis seroprevalence among different occupational groups was statistically significant (P<0.05); Among 714 donors, co-infection with other viruses were noted in 40 cases(40/714, 5.60%), and only TP infection in 674 cases(674/714, 94.40%). 【Conclusion】 The TP seroprevalence among voluntary blood donors in Nanyang area showed a downward trend from 2013 to 2020, the majority of TP seropositive population are first-time donors, married donors, whole blood donors, donors with lower academic qualifications, and farmers/individual donors. Strengthening the consultation towards high-risk blood donors before blood donation, and recruitment of blood donors from low-risk groups can reduce / avoid the transmission of syphilis through blood transfusion and ensure the safety of blood transfusion.