Hepatitis B and C infection in first-time blood donors in Karachi - A possible subgroup for sentinel surveillance

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-741

  Mujeeb, S Abdul ^a   Nanan, D ^b   Sabir, S ^b   Altaf, A ^b   Kadir, M ^b  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847614267     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Chen DS. Public health measures to control hepatitis B virus infection in the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2000, 15(suppl.):E7-10.
2. Khattak MF et al. Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, C and HIV in blood donors in northern Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2002, 59:398-402.
3. HIV/AIDS in Pakistan - situation and response analysis, 1999-2000. Islamabad, UNAIDS, 2000.
4. National HIV/AIDS strategic framework. 2001-2006, Pakistan. Islamabad, UNAIDS.
5. Chorba TL. Disease surveillance. In: Thomas JC, Weber DJ, eds. Epidemiologic methods for the study of infectious diseases. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001:138-62.
6. Guidelines for evaluating surveillance system. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 1998, 39:429-32, 437.
7. UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance. Guidelines for second generation HIV surveillance for HIV: the next decade (2000). Geneva, World Health Organization and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000.
8. Nanan DJ et al. Survey and surveillance development in settings with low human immunodeficiency virus prevalence. Eastern Mediterranean health journal, 2000, 6:670-7.
9. Mujeeb SA et al. Geographical display of health information: study of hepatitis C infection in Karachi, Pakistan. Public health, 2000, 114(5):413-5.
10. Shah SA et al. An outbreak of HIV infection among injection drug users in a small town in Pakistan: potential for national implications. International journal of STD & AIDS, 2004, 15:209.
11. Mujeeb SA. Unsafe injection: a potential source of HCV spread in Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2001, 51:1-3.
12. Mujeeb SA et al. Frequency of needlestick injuries and seroprevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV infection among operation room personnel. Hospital infection, 1998, 38:133-7.
13. Luby SP et al. The relationship between therapeutic injections and high prevalence of hepatitis C infection in Hafizabad, Pakistan. Epidemiology and infection, 1997, 119:349-56.
14. Khan AJ et al. Unsafe injections and the transmission of hepatitis B and C in a periurban community in Pakistan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78:956-63.
15. Baqi S et al. Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV infection among transsexuals. International journal of STD & AIDS, 1999, 10:300-4.
16. HIV seroprevalence surveys in Pakistan. HIV Seroprevalence Study Group of Pakistan. AIDS, 1996, 10:926-7.
17. Mujeeb SA. Regarding "Seroprevalence of the antibody to hepatitis C in select groups in the Punjab region of Pakistan". Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2002, 35:201-2.
18. Zuberi SJ. An overview of HBV/HCV in Pakistan. Pakistan journal of medical research, 1998, 37(suppl.).