Evaluation of trends in the rate of infectious diseases of blood donors is essential for monitoring safety of blood supply and effective screening of donors. Transfusion records of blood donors who attended the Center between 2002 and 2005 were reviewed for positive cases of HBS (by ELISA), HIV (by Western Blot) and HCV (by ELISA). During 2002–05, 507,531 persons donated blood. The prevalence r...

Introduction: Blood derived products have been known as an effective treatment for many years. However, this treatment is not without risk of infections transmission including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immune-deficiency virus (HIV) in people who received the blood. Nevertheless, due to a high risk of blood born diseases through blood transfusion, screening ...

The clinical significance of ABO and Rhesus blood group systems has been well documented. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of ABO and Rhesus blood groups in blood donors in Lahore, Pakistan, with a view to generate data with multipurpose future practicalities in the field of medicine. Blood groups of 3000 blood donors were determined by commercially available standard ...

background: human t-lymphotropic virus (htlv), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of adult t-lymphocytic leukemia (atl) and tropical spastic paraparesia (tsp). htlv-1 is transmitted mainly through blood transfusion. sabzevar is an endemic region for htlv infection; hence it is essential to detect the prevalence of htlv1/2 infection in the blood donors of this city. materials and methods: in t...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none x-none background: this study was conducted to document the frequency abo & rhesus blood groups in potential male blood donor belong to south area of karnataka. methods: the data of blood donors from july 2009 to december 2009. results: total number of donors studied was 3048. the commonest blood group was o present in 37.87% followed by b in 29.98%, a in...

The effect produced by the nitric oxide donor SIN-1 on monosynaptic reflexes was examined. Experiments were performed on anesthetized, paralyzed and spinalized cats. Lumbar monosynaptic reflexes were produced by stimulation of Ia afferents. I.v. application of SIN-1 (500 microg/kg) produced a mean marked potentiation of 704% of pre-drug control (100%) in the amplitude of monosynaptic reflexes. ...

The title compound, C(10)H(24)N(6)O(4), is the most stable type of nitric oxide (NO) donor among the broad category of discrete N-diazeniumdiolates (NO adducts of nucleophilic small molecule amines). Sitting astride a crystallographic inversion center, the molecule contains a symmetric dimethylhexane-1,6-diamine structure bearing two planar O(2)-methylated N-diazeniumdiolate functional groups [...