Prevalence and Factors Associated with transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors in Arua regional blood bank, Uganda

Abstract Background Blood transfusion services play a very key role in modern health care service delivery. About 118.5 million blood donations were collected globally in 2022. However, about 1.6 million units of blood are destroyed annually due to transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs). There...

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Main Authors: Norman Cwinyaai, Denis Opio, Henry Kajumbula, Jane F. Zalwango, Rebecca Akunzirwe, Tom Okello, Anguzu Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09838-4