Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with viral hepatitis C infections using ELISA and Immunochromatography Tests in Eldamazen and Elroseirs Cities- Blue Nile State-Sudan (2018-2020).

الملخص

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global health problem as the WHO reported 3-4
million people are newly infected with HCV per year and 130-170 million
people are chronically infected. The current Hospital based descriptive study
aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of antibodies against HCV among study
population in Blue Nile State using Immunochromatography Test (ICT),
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for detection of HCV
antibodies. The study carried out during the period from December 2018 to
December 2020.A total of four hundred participants were included.199
(49.75%) of participants were males and 201 (50.25 %) were females.
According to Educational level of the study population
40(10%)Illiterate,211(52.75%) were Basic school,20 (5%) were primary
school,69(17.25 %)were Secondary school,58(14.5 %) were University and
2(0.5 %) were postgraduate. The prevalence of antibodies against viral hepatitis
C among study population was 1.5 %. Chi-square was done to the association The study results showed there was a significant association between HCV and
education (P.Value = 0.015), Occupation (Value=0.015), source of drinking
water (P.value=0.015), history of admission at Hospital (P.value =0.010),
history of minor or major surgery (P.value=0.01) and history of previous blood
transfusion (Value= 0.0312).
The study recommended carrying out more studies and in large number of
samples in order to introduce preventive control measure, screening tests and
health education.