Prevalence of HBsAg and anti-HCV Among Korean Blood Donors.
- Author:
Seon Ho LEE
;
Bo Chan JUNG
;
Doo Sung KIM
;
Sang In KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Age Distribution;
Blood Donors*;
Female;
Hepatitis;
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens*;
Humans;
Male;
Prevalence*;
Seroepidemiologic Studies;
Sex Distribution;
Tissue Donors
- From:Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion
1994;5(2):143-150
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
o evaluate the seroprevalence of viral hepatitis marker among Korean healthy voluntary blood donors, the positive rates of both serum HBsAg and anti-HCV were analyzed. HBsAg testing was performed in 9,561,768 donors from January 1986 to June 1994 and anti-HCV testing was performed in 4,407,933 donors from May 1991 to June 1994. Positive rates of HBsAg were 3.76% to 6.87% per year and anti-HCV were 0.37% to 0.58% per year. The sex distribution of positive HBsAg and anti-HCV showed higher in male that in female. The age distribution of positive HBsAg was higher in 3th decade and anti-HCV was in 5th decade. The positive prevalence rate of HBsAg and anti-HCV showed highter above the serum ALT 45 IU. The positive rate of HBsAg was higher in group voluntary donors and anti-HCV in various other type of voluntary blood donors. In generally, the positive prevalence rate of HBsAg and anti-HCV showing however decreasing number in every year.
