Human immunodeficiency virus viral markers seroperevalence in first-time healthy blood donors refered to transfusion centers of bushehr province, South of Iran (April 2004 to March 2008)

Results A total of 51884 people out of 66873 volunteers were able to blood sampled. 24 of them were HIV positive with respect to initial screening test. The results verified in confirmatory test for 6 donors (Prevalence = 0.011%). All of them were undergraduate men, below diploma, 4 married and 2 singles and all younger than 35 years old except one. It is notable that 5 people out of 24 people who were HIV positive with respect to initial screening test, were self-rejected their bloods out of the cycle secretly and confirmatory test were also positive for these 5 individuals. (Self reject = 83.33%).