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Data were analyzed using STATA version 17.0 at the 0.05 significance level.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of TTIs was 31.4% in 2017, 13.8% in 2018, 20.4% in 2019, 9.5% in 2020, 9.6% in 2021, and 11.7% in 2022. There were significant associations between hepatitis C virus (HCV), Syphilis, and sex (OR\u2009=\u20092.06; 95% CI [1.29-3.30]; P\u2009=\u2009.003) and (OR\u2009=\u20092.28; 95% CI [1.48-3.54]; P\u2009&lt;\u2009.001), respectively. Blood donors aged 20-29 were more likely to be infected with hepatitis B virus (OR\u2009=\u20091.96; 95% CI [1.28-2.99]; P\u2009=\u2009.002). Blood donors aged 40-49 had higher odds of infection with HCV (OR\u2009=\u20093.36; 95% CI [2.02-5.57]; P\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) and Syphilis (OR\u2009=\u20093.79; 95% CI [2.45-5.87]; P\u2009&lt;\u2009.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study highlights the need to implement targeted prevention strategies for donors with a higher TTI prevalence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/23259582241274305","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,23]],"date-time":"2024-08-23T05:27:07Z","timestamp":1724390827000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Among Blood Donors in a Regional Hospital in Ghana: A 6-Year Trend Analysis (2017-2022)"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Priscilla Yeboah","family":"Hadfield","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Godwin Adjei","family":"Vechey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emmanuel","family":"Bansah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Volta Regional Hospital Hohoe, Hohoe, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Morkporkpor","family":"Nyahe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nelisiwe","family":"Khuzwayo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6556-565X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elvis Enowbeyang","family":"Tarkang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana"},{"name":"Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa"},{"name":"HIV\/AIDS Prevention Research Network Cameroon, Kumba, Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-23259582241274305","volume":"7","author":"Bloch EM","year":"2022","journal-title":"Ann Blood [Internet]"},{"key":"bibr2-23259582241274305","author":"Buerger CS","year":"2023","journal-title":"StatPearls"},{"key":"bibr3-23259582241274305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0249061"},{"key":"bibr4-23259582241274305","volume":"34","author":"Bartonjo G","year":"2019","journal-title":"PAMJ 2019; 3431 [Internet]"},{"key":"bibr5-23259582241274305","unstructured":"WHO. 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