الانتشار المصلي لالتهاب الكبد الفيروسي نوعي B و C ضمن المتبرعين بالدم في العراق للأعوام 2008 و 2009

الملخص EN

The aim of the present study was to determine the percentages of blood voluntaries in Iraq and detect the infection of Hepatitis B and C among them during 2008 and 2009.

A total of 871973 blood voluntaries were enrolled in the present study, whom consulted the main blood transfusion units in Iraq and subjected to the detection of Hepatitis A and B tests by ELISA technique.

The results showed a blood voluntary percentages of (1.389%) and (1.423%) for 2008 and 2009 years, respectively.

In 2008, Basrah province showed a highly blood voluntary percentage with 53563 voluntary (2.128%), while Salah-Al-Deen province had the lowest percentage with 7590 voluntary (0.655%).

In 2009 Baghdad province recorded the highest blood voluntary percentage with 152477 voluntary (2.208%), while Arbeel province showed the lowest ones with 21342 voluntary (0.139%).

The results of serological assays for blood voluntaries for 2008 and 2009 years showed that 6787 of them were positive for Hepatitis B with a percentage of (0.778%) from the total blood voluntaries in all Iraq provinces, while the total positive tests for Hepatitis C were 3254 with a percentage of (0.373%), with a total percentages of 68.45% and 31.55% for the two years respectively (p < 0.01).

In 2008, Duhook and Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf provinces showed the highest percentages of HBV and HCV with a percentages of (3.538%) and (2.201%), respectively.

Al-Dewaniah and Salah-Al-Deen provinces recorded the lowest percentages for both types of viruses with a percentages of (0.264%) and (0.025%), respectively.

In 2009, Al-Anbar and Karkuk provinces showed the highest percentages of HBV and HCV with a percentages of (3.194%) and (1.765%), respectively.

While Thi-Qar and Salah-Al-Deen provinces had the lowest percentages for both diseases with a percentages of (0.220%) and (0.034%), respectively.

The present study may conclude that there were an acceptable percentages of blood voluntary in Iraq, and Hepatitis B was more prevalence than Hepatitis C among blood voluntaries, which indicates the importance of such serological assays for blood voluntaries on one hand and the control processes for these two dangerous diseases on the other hand.