Human immunodeficiency virus test-seeking motivation in blood donors, São Paulo, Brazil

Vox Sanguinis
Thelma T GonçalezW McFarland

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that volunteer, community-recruited donors have a higher prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in São Paulo, Brazil, than replacement donors. One hypothesis which may explain this unexpected finding is that some individuals donate blood because they are seeking HIV testing. The objective of this study was to characterize test-seeking blood donors and to determine whether they are at higher risk for HIV infection compared with other donors. Subjects presenting for blood donation were asked to participate in a study assessing their motivations (including test seeking) to donate, as measured by perceiving donation as a means to obtain infectious disease test results. Participants completed the standard blood bank predonation screening questions plus our additional survey, and were tested for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human T-cell lymphocytotrophic virus (HTLV) I/II, syphilis and Chagas' disease. As a result of anticipated low statistical power to directly measure the association between test-seeking motivation and HIV infection, we tested for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) as a marker of sexual risk for HIV. Our survey includes accepted donors as we...Continue Reading

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