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Table 2 Trends of seropositivity of HIV, Syphilis, HBV and HCV among blood donors at Gondar University Teaching Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia 2003 - 2007

From: Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among blood donors at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: declining trends over a period of five years

Year

Total screened

N

HIV positive

N (%)

Syphilis positive

N (%)

HBV positive

N (%)

HCV positive

N (%)

2003

1156

58 (5.0)

45 (3.9)

62 (5.4)

X

2004

1693

61 (3.6)

33 (1.9)

85 (5.0)

23 (1.4)

2005

1187

47 (4.0)

1 (0.1)

63 (5.3)

7 (0.6)

2006

1045

33 (3.2)

2 (0.2)

30 (2.9)

3 (0.3)

2007

1280

40 (3.1)

2 (0.2)

58 (4.5)

2 (0.2)

Total

6361

239 (3.8)

83 (1.3)

298 (4.7)

35 (0.7)

p-Value of linear regression for trend

_

0.021

<0.001

0.061

<0.001

  1. N = Number; X = Not done