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[Serological Profiles of Hepatitis-B HBcAb-Positive Blood donors ]
Mauricio Beltrán-Durán1, Maritza Berrío-Pérez1, María I Bermúdez-Forero1
1Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia, mbeltrand@ins.gov.co.
Objective:
To assess the serological profiles for HBV in blood donors that were anti-HBc reactive and non-reactive to HBsAg in four Colombian cities.
Materials And Methods:
A prospective transversal study was conducted during 17 months, applying a complete serological profile for HBV in samples from blood donors that were anti-HBc reactive and non-reactive to HBsAg, results were analyzed employing descriptive statistics using Microsoft Excel and Epiinfo V. 3.5.1.
Results:
From donors reactive to anti-HBc, 75.0 % shown some additional infection marker for HBV. 1.3 % of blood donors had serological markers for chronical infection with hepatitis B, and a case had reactivity only for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). 6.1 % of donors showed a vaccination serological profile, only with reactivity to anti-HBsAg antibodies.
Conclusions:
With this study, anti-HBc blood screening importance was confirmed.
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