EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF HEPATITIS B AND C VIRUS AMONG THALASSEMIA PATIENT IN WASSIT GOVERNORATE/ IRAQ | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Author | ||
| Tariq Mahdi Muslim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Though regular blood transfusion improves the overall survival of patients with β- thalassemia, it carries a definite risk of infection with blood-borne viruses. therefore carried out this a cross sectional study to provide epidemiologic data on hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among sample of β-thalassemic patients in Wassit governorate. Moreover, HCV infection-associated risk factors were investigated in this population. The presence of anti-HCV antibodies and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs Ag) has been examined in a group of thalassemic patients who received blood transfusions in thalassemic center in Wassit governorate from October 2011 until April 2012, 326 cases with β- thalassemia were studied for detection of antibody against HBsAg and Anti-HCV antibodies were detected with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Data were analyzed statistically by SPSS 19, and Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test. Overall 24.2% were found to be anti-HCV positive in comparison 0.6% for hepatitis B virus the seroprevalence of HCV antibody among those who were ≤25 years old, intermediate thalassemic patients and received blood every 20 days were statistically significant association. The prevalence of HCV infection is much higher among Wassit β thalassemic patients as compared with hepatitis B virus Routine screening of donated blood for HCV is highly recommended. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| hepatitis; hepatitis B and C; thalassemia | ||
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