Seroprevalence of transfusion transmitted infections (ttis) in blood donors at western ahmedabad – a secondary care hospital based study.

The present retrospective study was carried out at GMERS Medical College & Civil Hospital, Sola situated in the western part of Ahmedabad. The period of the study was 7 years from 2005 to 2011. A total of 5,316 blood donations were accepted during the period either on voluntary (95.56 %) or replacement (4.44 %) basis through blood donation camps and from the relatives/friend of the patients. 5,076 donors (95.48 %) were male. 5,049 donors (94.98 %) were from the sexually active age group of 21-40 years. On screening the blood for TTIs, 28 (0.53 %) donors (27 male & 1 female) were found positive for one of the TTIs. Highest prevalence was for HBV (16 cases, 0.30%) followed by HCV (5 cases, 0.09 %), HIV (4 cases, 0.08 %) and syphilis (3 cases, 0.06%). None of the donor was found positive for malaria.