Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV & RPR among cornea donor in the regional institute of ophthalmology
Introduction: Donor corneas obtained by eye banks are steadily increasing all over the world. Proper evaluation of donor cornea is critical to the success of cornea transplantation. Objectives: To analyse results of screening test done before corneal tissue transplantation. Methods: Blood samples we...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer – Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Integrated Health Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2347-6486.240223 |
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| Summary: | Introduction:
Donor corneas obtained by eye banks are steadily increasing all over the world. Proper evaluation of donor cornea is critical to the success of cornea transplantation.
Objectives:
To analyse results of screening test done before corneal tissue transplantation.
Methods:
Blood samples were collected at the time of enucleation of the eye from 947 consecutive cornea donors. The samples were tested for Antibodies of Human Immunodeficiency virus I & II (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) & Treponema pallidum.
Results:
In our study sero-prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV & T. pallidum in eye donors are 1.58%, 0.52%, 0.10 and 0.21% respectively.
Conclusion:
The study suggests that all the cornea donors should be screened for HIV, HBV, HCV & T. pallidum by serological test like standards followed in Blood banks of India. |
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| ISSN: | 2347-6486 2347-6494 |