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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C among Blood Donors in Babylon Governorate-Iraq | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-129 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Juboury Hattem A.L.M. Salih; Amer W. F. Al; Mohammed K. AL- ASSADI; Ashraf M. Ali | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A cross-sectional study of 23336 blood donors in Babylon Governorate – Iraq was done during the period from February 2007 to February 2008 . The study revealed that 23122 cases were males (99.1 %), while 214 were female ( 0.9 % ) . All the donors has been investigated for HBS Ag (Hepatitis B surface Antigen ) and Anti – Hepatitis C Virus antibodies ( Anti – HCV ab ) ( ELISA test ) .287 of the total sample ( 1.2 % ) found to be seropositive for either HBs Ag and Anti – HCV ab (274 were males 95.5 % and 13 were females ( 4.5 % ) . The number of HBs Ag seropositive cases were 171 (59.6 %) while the number of seropositive of Anti – HCV ab were 116 (40.4 %). The seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection among male donors was (0.7 % ) and for female donors was ( 4.7 %) , while the seroprevalence of HCV infection among male donors was (0.5 %) and for female donors was ( 1.4%) . The overall seroprevalence of HBs Ag among blood donors in Babylon governorate is ( 0.7 %) and for Anti – HCV ab is ( 0.5 %) and these results are parallel or relatively low if they were compared with some other Iraqi Governorates and some other countries . | ||
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