Blood Donor Infection Screening Data from Zambia 2021

A 2021 cross-sectional study by Mwila Mapipo contains records from 2,667 blood donors at Chinsali General Hospital in Zambia. It documents demographic data, donation type, ABO/Rhesus blood group, and screening results for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and Syphilis. The dataset was published on the figshare platform in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between ABO/Rhesus blood group and infection status, such as the protective effect of blood group O against HCV.
• Model demographic risk factors for specific pathogens, using age, sex, and district to predict odds of Syphilis or HIV.
• Investigate co-infection patterns among the four screened bloodborne pathogens, particularly HIV/Syphilis co-infection.
• Assess the overall burden and prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections within a specific donor population over a one-year period.

Strengths

• Contains 2,667 donor records with linked demographic, blood group, and infection screening data.
• Provides specific prevalence rates for four major pathogens: HBV (8.0%), HCV (7.8%), HIV (7.7%), and Syphilis (8.0%).
• Includes results from multivariable logistic regression analyses identifying specific adjusted odds ratios for risk factors.

Limitations

• Limited to a single hospital in Muchinga Province, Zambia, reducing generalizability.
• Dataset size of 151.6 KB indicates a small, focused study with limited scope for complex machine learning.
• Data is from a single year (2021), providing only a cross-sectional snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Mwila Mapipo via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using hospital blood bank records and laboratory screening results.

Time Range

January to December 2021.

Freshness

Data covers 2021; metadata was last updated in 2026.

Geography

Chinsali General Hospital, Muchinga Province, Zambia.