Revista Cubana de Salud Pública
ISSN 1561-3127
MEDINA-ALFONSO, Mabel Idaliana; FORERO-PULIDO, Sandra Marina SUESCUN-CARRERO, Sandra Helena. Prevalence of serological markers in blood donors in Boyaca, Colombia, 2014-2015. []. , 46, 1 10--2020. ISSN 1561-3127.
Introduction:
The infection that is caused by blood transfusion is produced by a direct transmission of an infectious agent from a unit of blood to the sensitive recipient. This represents a complication of great importance in relation to morbidity and mortality of blood recipients and also a public health problem.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of serological markers in blood donors of Boyacá department and its relationship to socio-demographic variables.
Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 32 957 donors of Boyacá department. The source of information was secondary. It was determined the seroprevalence of infection´s markers and those were compared according to sex, age group and type of donor through analysis of frequencies: Chi-square and Fisher.
Results:
The prevalence of serological markers was 1.15 % in screening and 0.24 % with the confirmatory tests. The most prevalent marker was syphilis with 0.20 %, followed by HIV with 0.02 %, hepatitis B with 0.01 % and Hepatitis C virus with 0.003 %. The prevalence of HIV and the infection´s overall prevalence presented statistically significant association with sex and with the age group respectively.
Conclusions:
The identification of the serological markers prevalence and socio-demographic variables allow setting an epidemiological profile in blood donors of Boyacá department.
: Blood donors; HIV; hepatitis virus; syphilis.