Self-reported high-risk behavior among first-time and repeat replacement blood donors; a four-year retrospective study of patterns

• Felix Osei-Boakye ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  * E-mail: foseiboakye1@gmail.com, felix.osei-boakye@stu.edu.gh

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5126-7424

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• Charles Nkansah,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria, Department of Haematology, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-9976

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• Samuel Kwasi Appiah,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria, Department of Haematology, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Gabriel Abbam,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Haematology, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0408-6126

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• Charles Angnataa Derigubah,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, School of Applied Science and Arts, Bolgatanga Technical University, Bolgatanga, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-3530

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• Boniface Nwofoke Ukwah,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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• Victor Udoh Usanga,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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• Emmanuel Ike Ugwuja,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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• Ejike Felix Chukwurah

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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