[Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus in children transfused in the Dr. Luis Manuel Morillo King Hospital].

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    • Transliterated Title:
      Virus de inmunodeficiencia humana y hepatitis B en ninos transfundidos en el Hospital "Dr. Luis Manuel Morillo King".
    • Source:
      Publisher: Archivos Dominicanos de Pediatria Country of Publication: Dominican Republic NLM ID: 0002442 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0004-0606 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00040606 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Domin Pediatr
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Ciudad Trujillo : Archivos Dominicanos de Pediatria
      Original Publication: Santo Domingo.
    • Subject Terms:
      AIDS Serodiagnosis* ; Age Factors* ; Antigens* ; Blood Transfusion* ; HIV Infections* ; Hematologic Tests* ; Hepatitis* ; Retrospective Studies*; Americas ; Biology ; Caribbean Region ; Clinical Laboratory Techniques ; Demography ; Developing Countries ; Diagnosis ; Disease ; Dominican Republic ; Immunity ; Immunologic Factors ; Latin America ; North America ; Physiology ; Population ; Population Characteristics ; Research ; Therapeutics ; Virus Diseases
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 107525. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00255580.
      Keywords: Age Factors*; Americas; Antigens*; Biology; Blood Transfusion*; Caribbean; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Dominican Republic; Examinations And Diagnoses; Hematologic Tests*; Hepatitis*; Hiv Infections*; Hiv Serodiagnosis*; Immunity; Immunologic Factors; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Latin America; North America; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Research Report*; Retrospective Studies*; Studies; Treatment; Viral Diseases
      Note: TJ: ARCHIVOS DOMINICANOS DE PEDIATRIA
      Local Abstract: [PIP] The archives of the blood bank of the hospital of Dr. Louis Manual Morillo King, in the city of La Vega, Dominican Republic, were reviewed to identify all children who had been given blood transfusion during the period of July 1983 to July 1987 in order to identify HIV and the surface antigen of hepatitis B (HBsAg). Those who were released were visited in their homes for administration of HIV and hepatitis tests. Positive tests were confirmed by another test (AUSYME MONOCLONAL and Western Blot). Mothers were also tested to detect vertical transmission. 256 patients had been transfused, of whom 61 died. 80 of the 195 remaining patients could not be located. Of the 115 patients located, 52 had died in their homes after release from the hospital. Thus, the sample comprised 63 patients: 36 were 0-3 years old, 21 were 4-7 years old, and 6 were 8-11 years old. 50 lived in rural and 13 in urban areas. 56 patients had one transfusion and 4 had two transfusions. 28 patients had transfusion for anemia, 19 for malnutrition, 7 for sepsis, 6 for various reasons (meningitis, pleuritis, pneumonia), and 3 for sickle cell disease. 47 patients had been transfused at the hospital using the blood bank, 13 used blood from relatives, and 3 received blood from friends. Out of the 63 samples processed, 2 patients presented seropositivity for hepatitis B, while none were seropositive for HIV. Among the 2 patients who were seropositive for hepatitis B, the mother of one of them was also seropositive.
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Antigens)
      0 (Immunologic Factors)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19900501 Date Completed: 19961001 Latest Revision: 20111117
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      12347260