Seroprevalence of HIV-1 and Syphilis Antibodies in Blood Donors in Gonder, Ethiopia, 1989-1993

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, "Data are presented from serologic screening for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in all blood donors (n=3,696) in Gender, Ethiopia, between 1989 and 1993. The crude seroprevalence was 10.6% in men (326 of 3,066) and 11.9% in women (75 of 630). Seroprevalence in male donors increased from 3.8% in 1989 to 16.0% in 1993 (P=0.001); in female donors, seroprevalence increased from 7.0% in 1989 to 16.8% in 1992 (P=0.002) and decreased to 13.4% in 1993. Syphilis seroreactivity increased from 4.8% in 1991 to 9.2% in 1993 (P=0.02). HIV-1-seropositive...

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