Can data on HIV sero-reactivity among blood donors provide an insight into HIV prevalence in the general population?

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dc.contributor.authorShukla, R Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorBhuyan, K Ken_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T10:06:06Z
dc.date.available2007-01-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T10:06:06Z
dc.date.issued2007-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Surveillance of HIV epidemic serves the important purposes of situation analysis for programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. For HIV surveillance among general population, HIV prevalence data from pregnant women attending sentinel sero-surveillance sites, and prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) services as well as data from population based surveys are used. Data on HIV prevalence among voluntary donors can be yet another source of information on the prevalence and progress of HIV infection. METHODS: HIV prevalence data from 10 PPTCT centers, 58 Government blood banks and 9-13 sentinel sero-surveillance sites during 2004-2006 in West Bengal were analyzed. RESULTS: During this period, estimated HIV prevalence ranged between 0.40% to 0.86% among the ANC attendees of sentinel sero-surveillance sites, between 0.15-0.18% at PPTCT centers, and between 0.29-0.49% among voluntary blood donors. CONCLUSION: Data on HIV prevalence among voluntary blood donors can provide a fairly good understanding of trends and patterns of HIV prevalence among the general population specially among young males. For making meaningful inferences from such analysis, standardization in terms of blood collection, testing for HIV infection, reporting and analysis is called for. This is a very cost-effective method of estimating HIV prevalence, and is amenable to detailed analysis of spatial and temporal trends of HIV infection in the general population.en_US
dc.description.affiliationWest Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society (WBSAPCS), Swasthya Bhavan, Kolkata.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShukla RS, Bhuyan KK. Can data on HIV sero-reactivity among blood donors provide an insight into HIV prevalence in the general population? Indian Journal of Public Health. 2007 Jan-Mar; 51(1): 14-21en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/109599
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshBlood Banks --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshData Collection --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHIV Infections --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHIV Seropositivity --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMaternal Health Services --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk-Takingen_US
dc.subject.meshSentinel Surveillanceen_US
dc.titleCan data on HIV sero-reactivity among blood donors provide an insight into HIV prevalence in the general population?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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