Seroprevalance of Human parvovirus B19 among blood donor volunteers

Though incidence and prevalence of parvovirus B19 infection in blood donors has been documented in western literature, till date there is no reliable data of the in blood donors of our country. Thus, there is a need to explore the seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 in blood donors, and thereby, prevent and/or minimize its transmission in various clinical setting as a result of transfusion. also our result well highlight on the risk of contamination, sera-pool screening and exclusion of highly viraemic donations are recommended. Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino