Prevalence of antibodies against the hepatitis C virus among voluntary blood donors at a Makkah hospital
Joint Authors
Ahmad, Mujahid Shaykh
Abd al-Latif, al-Shaibi
Tashkandi, Muhammad Amin
Kashrid, Muhammad Shihab al-Din
Alam, Muhammad Muhtab
Maulana, Abd Al-Rahim
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 2 (30 Apr. 1995), pp.122-124, 3 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
1995-04-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
One thousand four hundred and thirty nine voluntary blood donors attending the blood transfusion department at Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah were screened for antibodies against hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by second generation enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA).
A total of 52 donors (3.6%) were anti-HCV positive.
Anti-HCV was detected in 1.7% of the Saudi donors as compared to 6.9% among Non-Saudi donors.
Scrutiny of the data revealed a higher rate of anti-HCV in the age-group of above 40 years than in the other age groups.
Further, when Non-Saudi blood donors were analysed according to their nationalities, Egyptian donors showed a prevalence of 27.2% of anti-HCV followed by Pakistanis (1.9%), Bangladeshis (1.9%), Yemenis (1.5%) and other nationalities (0.5%).
When blood samples from 92 patients on maintenance hemodialysis were tested for anti-HCV, 75 (81.5%) patients were found positive for anti-HCV.
We conclude that the prevalence of anti-HCV among blood donors in the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia is high and routine screening for anti-HCV should be conducted for all blood donors before they are accepted for donation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ahmad, Mujahid Shaykh& Alam, Muhammad Muhtab& Abd al-Latif, al-Shaibi& Tashkandi, Muhammad Amin& Kashrid, Muhammad Shihab al-Din& Maulana, Abd Al-Rahim. 1995. Prevalence of antibodies against the hepatitis C virus among voluntary blood donors at a Makkah hospital. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.122-124.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Maulana, Abd Al-Rahim…[et al.]. Prevalence of antibodies against the hepatitis C virus among voluntary blood donors at a Makkah hospital. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 6, no. 2 (December 1995), pp.122-124.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ahmad, Mujahid Shaykh& Alam, Muhammad Muhtab& Abd al-Latif, al-Shaibi& Tashkandi, Muhammad Amin& Kashrid, Muhammad Shihab al-Din& Maulana, Abd Al-Rahim. Prevalence of antibodies against the hepatitis C virus among voluntary blood donors at a Makkah hospital. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 1995. Vol. 6, no. 2, pp.122-124.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 124
Record ID
BIM-209203