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ProfessorMaudLemoine

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Professor and Honorary Consultant in Hepatology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3312 5212m.lemoine

 
 
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Mohamed:2019:10.1111/jvh.13073,
author = {Mohamed, Z and Kim, JU and Magesa, A and Kasubi, M and Feldman, SF and Chevaliez, S and Mwakale, P and Taylor-Robinson, SD and Thursz, MR and Shimakawa, Y and Rwegasha, J and Lemoine, M},
doi = {10.1111/jvh.13073},
journal = {Journal of Viral Hepatitis},
pages = {750--756},
title = {High prevalence and poor linkage to care of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13073},
volume = {26},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Blood transfusion is one of the most commonly relied upon therapies in subSaharan Africa. Existing safeguards recommended include systematic screening for transfusiontransmitted infections and restricted voluntary nonremunerated blood donor selection. We report the transfusiontransmitted infection screening and notification practice at a large urban blood transfusion centre in DaresSalaam, Tanzania. Between October 2016 and March 2017 anonymized records of all donors registered at the blood transfusion unit were accessed to retrospectively note demographic information, donor status, firsttime status, transfusiontransmitted infection result and notification. 6402 consecutive donors were screened for transfusiontransmitted infections; the majority were family/replacement blood donors (88.0%) and male (83.8%). Overall transfusiontransmitted infections prevalence was 8.4% (95% CI 7.89.1), with hepatitis B being the most prevalent infection (4.1% (95% CI 3.64.6)). Transfusiontransmitted infections were more common in family/replacement blood donors (9.0% (95% CI 8.39.8)) as compared to voluntary nonremunerated blood donor (4.1% (95% CI 2.85.7)). A minority of infecteddonors were notified of a positive result (8.5% (95% CI 6.311.2)). Although transfusiontransmitted infections are more prevalent among family/replacement blood donors, overall risk of transfusiontransmitted infections across all groups is considerable. In addition, existing efforts to notify donors of a positive transfusiontransmitted infection are poor. Future policies must focus on improving linkage to care for newly diagnosed patients with transfusiontransmitted infections.
AU  - Mohamed,Z
AU  - Kim,JU
AU  - Magesa,A
AU  - Kasubi,M
AU  - Feldman,SF
AU  - Chevaliez,S
AU  - Mwakale,P
AU  - Taylor-Robinson,SD
AU  - Thursz,MR
AU  - Shimakawa,Y
AU  - Rwegasha,J
AU  - Lemoine,M
DO  - 10.1111/jvh.13073
EP  - 756
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1352-0504
SP  - 750
TI  - High prevalence and poor linkage to care of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
T2  - Journal of Viral Hepatitis
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13073
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/67399
VL  - 26
ER  -
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