| seroprevalence of six different viruses among pregnant women and blood donors in rural and urban burkina faso: a comparative analysis. | a seroprevalence study was carried out of six different human pathogenic viruses, namely human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), human t-cell leukemia virus (htlv), human herpesvirus type 8 (hhv-8), and dengue virus among pregnant women and blood donors from rural (nouna) and urban (ouagadougou) burkina faso, west africa. a total of 683 samples from blood donors (n = 191) and pregnant women (n = 492) were collected from both sites and screened for th ... | 2006 | 16555290 |
| seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b and c viruses and syphilis among blood donors in koudougou (burkina faso) in 2009. | background: the high prevalence of numerous transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and syphilis in sub-saharan africa affects the safety of blood for recipients. this study was undertaken with the aim of determining the seroprevalence of hiv, hcv, hbv, syphilis and socio-demographic risk factors associated with blood donation in a new regional blood transfusion centre in burkina faso. material and m ... | 2011 | 21839011 |