Seroprevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV Infections among Foreign Workers in El-Beyda City
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Abstract: Libyan and worldwide medical experts have expressed concerns about the potential for an increase in infection of immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis (HBC and HCV) particularly in foreign workers. The prevalence of theses infications are the greatest threats to blood safety and risk factors in the default Libyan and non Libyan populations. Thus, a cross section was intended to study the analysis of the blood specimens, of the foreign workers in the laboratory of the Red Crescent in the city of El-Bayda Libya. A total of 4520 specimens was included in the subjects who apply for a certificate of health for work, during the period from January to October 2017. Each drawing of the blood samples of the applicants has been tested for detection, probability of the presence of the virus HIV, HBV and HCV use HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti- HIV by a third gene-ration enzyme linked immunoassay (ELISA). From all of the samples tested, the frequency of HBsAg positive cases was 1.84%, the number of anti-HIV positive samples were found 0.15% and 0.17% positive anti-HCV of samples among nineteen different nationalities. The number of HBsAg positive samples was found to be particularly high in subjects from Sudan and Chad with 0.66% and 0.42% respectively. The frequency of HCV positive blood among all subjects was 0.15%.
Authors and Affiliations
Amena A. Abdulrazeg, Aberr A. Aqeelah, Marfoua S. Ali, Fayrouz A. Khaled
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