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Use of blood donor screening to monitor prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 23, No. 9, Year 2017

Among 397,640 first-time blood donors screened in South Africa during 2012–2015, HIV prevalence was 1.13%, hepatitis B virus prevalence 0.66%, and hepatitis C virus prevalence 0.03%. Findings of note were a high HIV prevalence in Mpumalanga Province and the near absence of hepatitis C virus nationwide.

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Vermeulen, Marion
1. South Africa, Weltevreden Park South African National Blood Service
Swanevelder, Ronel
1. South Africa, Weltevreden Park South African National Blood Service
Chowdhury, Dhuly
1. United States, Research Triangle Park Rti International
Ingram, Charlotte Felicity
1. South Africa, Weltevreden Park South African National Blood Service
2. South Africa, Cape Town South African Bone Marrow Registry
Reddy, Ravi
1. South Africa, Weltevreden Park South African National Blood Service
Bloch, Evan M.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Custer, Brian S.
1. United States, San Francisco Vitalant Research Institute
Murphy, Edward Laurence
1. United States, San Francisco Vitalant Research Institute
2. United States, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco

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