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. 2018 Mar 26;13(3):e0194083. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194083

Table 2. Positivity rate of transfusion-transmissible infections with occupation among blood donors in North Shewa Zone, Central North Ethiopia, 2014–2017.

Occupation Donation (n) Seropositivity, n(%) Overall Positivity
HBsAg HCV HIV Syphilis
Student 4581 54(1.2) 15(0.3) 10(0.2) 21(0.5) 100(2.2)
Gov. employee 2679 41(1.5) 10(0.4) 9(0.3) 24(0.9) 84(3.1)
Private Employee 686 2(0.3) 0(0.0) 1(0.1) 4(0.6) 7(1.0)
Daily laborer 108 2(1.9) 0(0.0) 1(0.9) 0(0.0) 3(2.8)
Farmer 406 4(1.0) 2(0.5) 0(0.0) 11(2.7) 17(4.2)
p-value 0.14 - - -
95% CI 0.98–1.45 0.2–0.44 0.14–0.35 0.53–0.89 2.06–2.71
Total 8460 103(1.2) 27(0.32) 21(0.25) 60(0.71) 207(2.4)

HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen, HCV: Hepatitis C virus, HIV: human immunodeficiency virus