Background: Blood transfusion-transmitted infections in individuals suffering from beta-
thalassemia have been reported in Pakistan, but the information on their sociodemographic …

Introduction. Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) continue to be a major risk in
transfusions in many parts of the world. The transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia patients …

Background: The β-thalassemias are the most common autosomal recessive inherited
hemoglobin disorder in the Indian subcontinent, with an uneven distribution among different …

Results We analyzed 14 studies with a total of 3786 thalassemia patients on the prevalence
of TTIs in chronically transfusion-dependent TM patients (Table 1). A cumulative …

Background Thalassemia is a hereditary hemolytic anemia marked by a defect in
synthesizing one or more globin chains in hemoglobin. In Pakistan, approximately 10,000 …

Transfusion transmitted infections have remained a major deterrent to public health,
particularly among the patients with transfusion-dependent Beta thalassemia in developing …

Abstract Transfusion Transmitted Infection (TTI) continue to be a problem in many parts of
world and multi-transfused patients of beta thalassaemia major are at a particularly …

Background Multitransfused β-thalassemia major patients are always at high risk of having
Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs). This study was aimed to determine the …

Regular blood transfusion therapy remains the primary treatment in thalassemia major (TM).
Transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) and iron overload are considered to be the major …

Need for frequent blood transfusions exposes thalassemia major patients to risk of
transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs). Screening of donor blood through national …