PREVALENCE OF HBV AND HCV IN BLOOD DONORS IN MOSUL CITY | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 70-77 | ||
| Author | ||
| Raed Mekhael Amin | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hepatitis is disease of the liver caused by the infectious and non-infectious agents. The aim of study was to analyze the prevalence of HBV and HCV among voluntary blood donors in Mosul, during 2008-2009.The data from blood bank Center for Blood Transfusion of Mosul were collected and analyzed through descriptive and comparative epidemiological method of retrospective study. All samples were tested by ELISA test. Out of 35540 samples of the blood donors, 475were positive. From overall positive samples, 447were HBVpositive, 28HCV positive . The HBV prevalence among the blood donors of Mosul is 1.2 %, while the HCV prevalence among the blood donors in Mosul is 0.07% this level of prevalence is relatively low. Age group 30–39 years old for HBV was presented with55.8% of cases age group of HCV was not significant because sample size was very small . | ||
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