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ArticleInfectious disease reports2021

Frequency of Hepatitis B, C and HIV Infections among Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia Patients in Dhaka.

Golam Sarower Bhuyan, Aftab Uz Zaman Noor, Rosy Sultana, Farjana Akther Noor, Nusrat Sultana, Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Muhammad Tarikul Islam, Md Abu Sayeed, Md Imam Ul Khabir, A K M Ekramul Hossain and 6 more

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Golam Sarower BhuyanInfectious Diseases Laboratory, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Aftab Uz Zaman NoorInfectious Diseases Laboratory, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Rosy SultanaInfectious Diseases Laboratory, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Farjana Akther NoorLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Nusrat SultanaLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Suprovath Kumar SarkerLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Muhammad Tarikul IslamLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Md Abu SayeedMucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Laboratory, Infectious Disease Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Md Imam Ul KhabirMucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Laboratory, Infectious Disease Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
A K M Ekramul HossainDepartment of Project Development, Bangladesh Thalassaemia Samity and Hospital, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh.
Zebunnesa ZebaDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Syeda Kashfi QadriDepartment of Pediatric Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Kallang, Singapore 229899, Singapore.
Md Ruhul Furkan SiddiqueDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Syed Saleheen QadriLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Firdausi QadriInfectious Diseases Laboratory, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
Kaiissar MannoorInfectious Diseases Laboratory, Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-2394-0447
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies · BDInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDJahangirnagar University · BD

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transfusion transmitted infections have remained a major deterrent to public health, particularly among the patients with transfusion-dependent Beta thalassemia in developing countries. Although proper donor selection through adoption of WHO-advised infection panel has lowered the rate of infections, the multi-transfused patients are not free of risk. In this study, we screened 148 transfusion-dependent Beta thalassemia patients to determine the frequency of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) using the ELISA method. Among them, infected cases with HCV, HBV and HIV were 13.51%, 3.37% and 0%, respectively. Moreover, 2% of the patients were found to be co-infected with both HBV and HCV. The percentage of infections in the patients with frequent transfusion interval (≤30 days) was significantly higher (

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HBVHCVimmunochromatographic (ICT) testingthalassemiatransfusion transmitted infection

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