DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i08.061

Pages: 3057-3060

Human Immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) exact a high toll worldwide. Both can lead to chronic disease, cancer and death, and neither can be eradicated with the use of current therapies. The present study is to know about HIV and HBV presence among voluntary blood donors. This is a 5 year study from 2010 to 2014 conducted at Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada. Serum samples of patients are assessed for HIV by using 3rd and 4th generation ELISA and HBV by using 3rd generation ELISA. Total Number of Samples screened during 2010 to 2014 was 11938. All the samples are screened was from voluntary blood donors. Among total samples screened, 26 (0.21%) were positive for HIV and 141(1.18%) were positive to HBV. More positivity of HIV and HBV were seen in below 30 years of age. Screening of HIV and HBV in blood donors by accurate methods and continued improvements in the coverage and timeliness of HBV vaccination to protect the community and can decrease the transmitted transfusion infections.