[PDF] Top 20 Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among blood donors attending Omdurman teaching hospital

... of blood and blood products for HCV infection is carried out in most blood banks round the country, the difference between the low seroprevalence of HCV infection between Sudan and neighboring ... See full document

... Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood borne RNA ...the seroprevalence of HCV among Sudanese pregnant women and determine the relationship between the presence of HCV and ... See full document

... States seroprevalence in HCV of blood donors was estimated to be ...in blood donors of Turkey ...prevalence among donors ranging from ...in blood donors ... See full document

... HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C and syphilis ...National Blood Transfusion Center of Lomé (CNTS) qualifies blood for transfusion by testing HBV, HCV, HIV and ...the ... See full document

... B virus infection is the most common cause of liver disease worldwide, Sudan is classified among the countries with high hepatitis B virus seroprevalence, this study was carried out to ... See full document

... Although blood transfusion is a life-saving modality, it is associated with certain infectious and non infectious risks, Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTI) are quite hazardous among ... See full document

... chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus infection is a major concern for health care ...with blood or other fluids, with ample ... See full document

... Illiteracy among the people in the region as well as poor access to relevant health informa- tion/education may also be a contributory factor to the high prevalence of the ...is among those with the lowest ... See full document

... the seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C among males is significantly higher than that found in females with no plausible explanation for the higher exposure to occupational HBV and HCV risk ... See full document

... Blood donors, who are volunteers for blood donation, are usually considered as a healthier part of public ...the blood banks in public and private hospitals have standard selection criteria ... See full document

... DNA virus belonging to the beta-herpesvirus ...through blood transfusion. It is however not routinely screened for in blood donors in ...through blood transfusion are Hepatitis B ... See full document

... comprehensive hospital, 2 of Tertiary specialized hospital, 15 of the sec- ondary and the following medical institutions), the blood consumption was increased from 70 thousand units to 113 thousand ... See full document

... All of the ninety (90) healthy individuals selected for blood donation were males. The mean age of the individuals was 26.7 years (age range 18-50 years). Seropositivity was 82 (91.1%) and 12 (13.3 %) for CMV-IgG ... See full document

... frequent virus detection in latently infected blood donors, transmission of EBV infection by transfusion is thought to be relatively ...of blood and blood products are already immune to ... See full document

... 103 blood donors with HCV infection from blood transfusion centers in the different provinces, between the period December 2006 and January ...from blood transfusion centers Tehran, Kerman and ... See full document

... of hepatitis B virus (HBV) signifies a challenge for the sensitivity of immunologic and molecular ...The blood specimens were analyzed for HBsAg using an ELISA kit, then the blood samples from ... See full document

... procedure, blood donors with HTLV-1 seroreactivity should be per- manently deferred from blood ...in blood donor selec- tion procedures, continuous training of employees in the blood ... See full document

... Seroprevalence among blood donors is a major public health problem, both in developed and developing countries, in its ...the seroprevalence of hepatitis B in blood ... See full document

... A 5-year-old female child, weighing 20 Kilograms presented with a two-week history of upper abdominal pain, jaundice and low grade fever since 8 days, accompanied with dark coloured urine, and pale coloured stools. No ... See full document

... chronic hepatitis B infection varies inversely with the age at which infection occurs, 90% of affected infants develop chronic infection as opposed to 30- 50% of under-five children and 6% of children above five ... See full document