Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBsAg) in Rural Blood Donors, Moba, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (2014 to 2016) - Open Access Library Journal

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Volume 4, Issue 3 (March 2017)

ISSN Print: 2333-9705 ISSN Online: 2333-9721

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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBsAg) in Rural Blood Donors, Moba, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (2014 to 2016) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1103434 1,349 Downloads 3,579 Views Citations

Author(s)

Bukasa Héman Kabemba^1,2,3*, Ebondo Patrick Kasendue³, Muteba André Shiku^4,5, Tchoni Savant Mukena¹, Tshinkobo Chicco Kasolva¹, Nsomue Gentil Kabingie⁶, Kabiswe Joelle Pungue⁷, Tshite John Kitengie³

Affiliation(s)

¹Section of Nursing Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Kalemie, Kalemie, Democratic Republic of Congo.
²Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Institute of Congo, Moba, Democratic Republic of Congo.
³Section of Nursing Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Lubao, Lubao, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁴Section of Nursing Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Tshofa, Tshofa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁵Section of Nursing Sciences, Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Kamana, Kamana, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kabinda, Kabinda, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁷Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kalemie, Kalemie, Democratic Republic of Congo.

ABSTRACT

Blood transfusion is a salutary practice in modern medicine, but it carries a high risk of transmission of transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs), especially in developing countries. The objective of this study is to determine the seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B among blood donors. This is a retrospective and descriptive cross-sectional study of the period from 2014 to 2016 at the Katele Health Reference Center (Moba, DR. Congo). We investigated HBsAg in blood donors by using Determine HBSAg. 1145 blood donors with an age mean of 30.6 ± 6.9 years and predominantly male (62.5%) were retained. The seroprevalence of hepatitis B infection from 2014 to 2016 was 3.9% (0.3% for 2014, 9.4% for 2015 and 0.7% for 2016). The family blood donors (83.2%) were the only carriers of HBsAg and were significantly associated with hepatitis B infection (p < 0.05). Age [OR = 0.70 CI 95% 0.34-1.44; p 0.338] and sex [OR = 0.72 95% CI 0.27-1.97; p 0.529] were not associated with the occurrence of hepatitis B in blood donors. The risk of transmission of HBV during transfusion remains high. We recommend the strengthening of transfusion safety measures, the abandonment of family donors for regular voluntary donors, the improvement of screening and diagnostic tests, the involvement of the national blood transfusion program in epidemiological surveillance and the mobilization of the population in favor of the fight against hepatitis B.

KEYWORDS

Blood Donors, DRC, HBsAg, Hepatitis, Transfusion Safety

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Kabemba, B. , Kasendue, E. , Shiku, M. , Mukena, T. , Kasolva, T. , Kabingie, N. , Pungue, K. and Kitengie, T. (2017) Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBsAg) in Rural Blood Donors, Moba, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (2014 to 2016). Open Access Library Journal, 4, 1-5. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1103434.

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