Frequency of HIV type 2 infections among blood donor population from India: A 10-year experience.

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dc.contributor.authorKannangai, R
dc.contributor.authorNair, S C
dc.contributor.authorSridharan, G
dc.contributor.authorPrasannakumar, S
dc.contributor.authorDaniel, D
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-07T04:36:15Z
dc.date.available2012-12-07T04:36:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.description.abstractPurpose: In India, HIV-2 epidemic is alongside with HIV-1. Blood banks are introducing nucleic acid testing (NAT) for screening. The limitation of NAT systems is the inability to detect HIV-2. Materials and Method : An analysis of HIV screening of a blood bank at a tertiary care center from 1998 to 2007 was carried out. Results : A total of 175026 donors were screened by serological assays and 789 were reactive for HIV antibody. Only 478 (61%) were confirmed positive by Western blot/immunoblot. There were 465 (97.2%) donations positive for HIV-1, 6 (1.3%) for HIV-2 (monotypic infection) and 7 (1.5%) for HIV-1 and HIV-2 (dual infection). Conclusion : We show the presence of HIV-2 infection among the blood donors and the need for incorporating HIV-2 detection also in the NAT systems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKannangai R, Nair S C, Sridharan G, Prasannakumar S, Daniel D. Frequency of HIV type 2 infections among blood donor population from India: A 10-year experience. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2010 Apr-Jun; 28(2): 111-113.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/143669
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2010;volume=28;issue=2;spage=111;epage=113;aulast=Kannangaien_US
dc.subjectHIV-2en_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectBlood donorsen_US
dc.subjectnucleic acid testingen_US
dc.titleFrequency of HIV type 2 infections among blood donor population from India: A 10-year experience.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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