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Dept. of Medicine (의학과)
The Seoul Journal of Medicine
The Seoul Journal of Medicine Vol. 34 No.4 (1993)
Infectious Disease Markers among Directed and Volunteer Blood Donors in Korea
- Authors
- Han, Kyou sup; Um, Tae Hyun; Park, Myoung Hee; Lee, Seon Ho; Oh, Young Chul; Kim, Ki Hong
- Issue Date
- 1993-12
- Citation
- Seoul J Med, Vol.34 No.4, pp. 315-318
- Keywords
- lnfectious disease markers; Directed donation; Korea
- Abstract
- Most reports from Western countries are discouraging the establishment
of direct donation programs since little evidence exists that this approach improves the
safety of blood transfusion. However, the infectious disease marker frequencies vary
from one region to another and not much is known about the figures in less
individualized, and more culturally uniform societies. The authors compared the frequency
of infectious disease markers among 14,253 directed and 1,228,132 volunteer
blood donors in Korea. The frequency of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was
higher in volunteer donors while the frequency of elevated alanine aminotransferase
(ALT) and VORL was higher in directed donorslp-Dfl'l). Our data suggest that even in
a less individualized society where people are more open to exchange their medical and
personal information, directed donation does not confer significant benefit in the prevention
of transfusion-transmitted diseases.
- ISSN
- 0582-6802
- Language
- English
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