Association of blood groups with hepatitis C. viremia
Joint Authors
al-Umar, Sulayman Yusuf
Bashir, Muhammad Amjad
Mahnur
Naurin, Mamuna
Safi, Sher Zaman
al-Khurayji, Afrah Fahd
al-Harbi, Hanan Mualla
Imran, Muhammad
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 9 (30 Sep. 2021), pp.5359-5363, 5 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-09-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hepatitis C virus remained a public health problem with approximately half of the patients untreated and undiagnosed.
Chronic HCV is a leading cause of cirrhosis, fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and other hepatic morbidities.
Active HCV has a prevalence rate of about 1% (71 million).
By July, 2019, 10 million population of Pakistan was declared to have active HCV infection.
According to World Health Organization, 23,720 people died of hepatitis-related complexities in Pakistan in 2016.
Individuals with certain types of ABO blood groups were more susceptible to diverse kinds of infections.
For instance, blood types A and AB predisposed individuals to severe malaria, while type O conferred resistance to the many of the protozoan agent.
This study was designed to explore the association of hepatitis C viremia to blood groups, Rh factors, age and gender distribution among Pakistani population.
Total 246 participants were screened for HCV in Taqwa diagnostics laboratory, Multan and 200 were found positive.
They were divided into 4 groups on the basis of their age.
First group included patients ranging from 17 to 25 (52), second, third and fourth group included patients from 26 to 34 (92), 35 to 43 (42) and 44 to above (14) respectively.
Confirmed Hepatitis C patients were subjected to analysis of blood group, Rh factor and viral load.
Results demonstrated that patients having 'O' blood group (60.37%) were reported for high viral load than any of the other blood groups in the patients of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.
Furthermore, Rh-negative factor (26.42) was associated with high viral load than that of the Rh-positive factor (73.58).
Disclosure practiced that age group (26-34) was reported for the high viral load than that of the any other group of this study.
Females were more aggressively affected by HCV Viremia than male because the mean viral load among the females was higher than that of the males.
Greater social awareness and gender-sensitive healthcare is necessary to improve the experiences of patients with HCV.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mahnur& Naurin, Mamuna& Imran, Muhammad& Safi, Sher Zaman& Bashir, Muhammad Amjad& al-Khurayji, Afrah Fahd…[et al.]. 2021. Association of blood groups with hepatitis C. viremia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 28, no. 9, pp.5359-5363.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1411403
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mahnur…[et al.]. Association of blood groups with hepatitis C. viremia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 28, no. 9 (2021), pp.5359-5363.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1411403
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mahnur& Naurin, Mamuna& Imran, Muhammad& Safi, Sher Zaman& Bashir, Muhammad Amjad& al-Khurayji, Afrah Fahd…[et al.]. Association of blood groups with hepatitis C. viremia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2021. Vol. 28, no. 9, pp.5359-5363.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1411403
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 5362-5363
Record ID
BIM-1411403