Prevalencia de enfermedades infecciosas de transmisión sanguínea en donantes que asisten al Banco de Sangre del Hospital Universitario “Antonio Patricio de Alcalá”, Cumaná, Estado Sucre

• Main Authors: Suárez G Eranilde L, De Freitas F Henry A, Hannaoui R Erika J, Gómez A Lisbeth J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2007
• Subjects: Prevalencia; enfermedades infecciosas; transfusión sanguínea; donantes de sangre; Prevalence; infectious diseases; blood transfusion; blood donors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/d07b4c06170a4571b40d79664df7194a

Abstract: Three-hundred fifty-six blood samples from apparently healthy donors at the University Hospital “Antonio Patricio de Alcalá” Blood Bank in Cumaná, Sucre, were evaluated for the prevalence of several blood-transmitted diseases. The presence of antibodies against the core (anti-HBc) and surface antigen (HBsAg) of the hepatitis B virus, the hepatitis C virus (HCV), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Trypanosoma cruzi was determined using ELISA. In addition, tests for non-treponemic antibodies against syphilis and antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax antigens were also carried out. From the total number of patients, 84 (23. 6%) were positive for one or more markers, distributed as follows: 41(11. 52%) reactive for Anti-HBc, 9 (2.53%) for HBsAg, 2 (0. 56%) for HCV, 1 (0. 28%) for T. cruzi and 31 (8.71%) for VDRL. No positive cases for HIV and Plasmodium were observed. These results demonstrate that the population studied could be classified as high risk for transmitting the HBV, without excluding other pathologies whose diagnosis is also important in order to avoid the risk of propagating infections. Resumen: Se evaluaron 356 muestras de sangre de individuos aparentemente sanos, que acudieron en calidad de donantes al Banco de Sangre del Hospital Universitario “Antonio Patricio de Alcalá” Cumaná, estado Sucre para la prevalencia de varias enfermedades de trasmisión sanguínea. Se determinó la presencia de anticuerpos por ELISA contra el core (anti-HBc) y antígeno de superficie (HBsAg) del virus de la hepatitis B, contra el virus de la hepatitis C (VHC), contra el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) y contra Trypanosoma cruzi. Además, se efectuó la prueba de anticuerpos no treponémicos contra la sífilis y antígenos de Plasmodium falciparum y Plasmodium vivax. Del total de pacientes, 84 (23,6%) presentaron positividad para uno o más marcadores, siendo la distribución: 41(11,52%) reactivas para el Anti-HBc, 9 (2,53%) para HBsAg, 2 (0,56%) para VHC, 1 (0,28%) para T. cruzi ...