Prevalence trends of transfusion-transmitted infections at a tertiary private hospital blood bank in Uganda: a retrospective 6-year review (2017–2022)
There is a decreasing trend of TTIs among blood donors in Central Uganda, although the prevalence of HBV and Syphilis remains high. Additional public health interventions to decrease TTI rates in the general population may increase the safety of blood transfusions.
Authors
- Edith Namulema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5919-010X)
- Robinson Ssebuufu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-1696)
- Andrew Marvin Kanyike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8138-9083)
- Rachael Mukisa Nakandi
- Yusuf Mulumba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3456-8919)
- Racheal Nalunkuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9480-0428)
- Posiano Mayambala
- Simon Peter Nsingo
- Frank Kakuba
Institutions
- Mengo Hospital (UG)
- Uganda Cancer Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10882-x
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06