African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 5 (7), pp. 553-554, 03 April 2006   

ISSN 1684–5315 © 2006 Academic Journals        

Short Communication

Prevalence of HIV positive blood donors among screened volunteers who satisfied the criteria for blood donation in a semi-urban Nigeria population

OGUNKOLO, O.F. ¹*, ADENAIKE, F.A. ², AMBALLI, A.A. ² and OLUKOYA TAIWO²

¹Department of Physiology, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.

²Department of Chemical Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-mail : skylark_hospital@yahoo.com.

Accepted 11 January, 2006

Two thousand five hundred and thirty two (2,532) males, aged 25 – 50 years potential blood donors were randomly selected from the total number of volunteer blood donors who satisfied the initial screening criteria for donating blood, and  were screened for HIV using Immunocomb II (HIV 1 and 2 Bispot) and Recombigen HIV-1/HIV-2RTD. Results from the study reveal that this procedure of screening volunteer donors by initial criteria alone does not fully eliminate all HIV positive donors. The prevalence of HIV positive donors among the screened volunteers who satisfied the criteria for blood donation was 0.87%.

Key words: Prevalence, blood donor, hiv positive and semi urban population.