| sero-epidemiology of transfusion-transmissible infectious diseases among blood donors in osogbo, south-west nigeria. | transfusion-transmissible infectious agents such as hepatitis b virus (hbv), human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and syphilis are among the greatest threats to blood safety for transfusion recipients and pose a serious public health problem. this cross-sectional study was undertaken with the aim of determining the seroprevalence of hiv, hcv, hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and syphilis and correlates the findings with sex and age to ascertain the associations, if any, ... | 2009 | 20011640 |