HIV Seroprevalence among Healthy Blood Donors in Northeastern Zaire
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of STD & AIDS
- Vol. 2 (1) , 52-53
- https://doi.org/10.1177/095646249100200111
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-anribody screening of blood donors in northeastern Zaire was reviewed to determine overall seroprevalence in the population and to identify particular subgroups of the population who are at relatively high risk. Six hundred and seventy-five healthy blood donors were tested from March 1989 to May 1990 using either the HIV-CHEK or Karpas cell tests. A total of 25 donors (3.7%) were seropositive, and seropositivity was more common in female donors (5.4%) than in male donors (2.5%, PPP<0.1). It is concluded that in healthy blood donors in northeastern Zaire: (1) HIV seropositivity is more frequent in women and in individuals coming from major population centres, and, (2) HIV seropositivity seems to be increasing rapidly.Keywords
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