Some Biological Aspects of Serological Identification of Syphilis Among Blood Donors in Al-Muthanna -Iraq

The Syphilis test is one of the procedure tests utilized in the blood donor bank in Iraq, so the (TPHA) syphilis test helps diagnose syphilis, or check whether an individual has syphilis before any symptoms appear which helps treat the infection before it gets worse. For this, the study was performed in the Blood Bank in Al-Muthanna City, Iraq to diagnose syphilis. The blood samples were obtained from donors from Aug. 2023 to Mar. 2024. The detection of syphilis is performed by using the TPHA test to expose the hesitation of Syphilis disease amongst fine blood volunteer. The survey consisted of 160 donors, ages with 18 and 64 years at a mean age of 37, the positive of syphilis becomes visible in 24 (15%) at most and the number of positive males were 23 (14.3%) while 1(0.6%) were females, from which 136 (85%) were seropositive.