Myada Ahmed Musa Haroon
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, SudanPublications
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Research Article
Incidence of Hepatitis E Virus among Elevated Liver Enzymes (ALT, AST) in Sudanese Patients
Author(s): Myada Ahmed Musa Haroon51864* and Amira Altom Fawzi Osman51865
Background: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) infection is a newly recognized serious threat to global public health and Africa is suspected to be among the most severely affected regions in the world. Objective: This study aimed to detect the frequency of anti-hepatitis E IgM, among elevated liver enzyme patients. Methods: The current study is descriptive cross-sectional study carried out between April to august 2016, Ninety Patients with high liver enzyme ALT and AST and non B non C hepatitis attended Ibn senaa hospital Khartoum north, Omdurman teaching hospital and bahri teaching hospital bahri north, sedan were collected and tested by using (ELISA) kit Results: show that Out of the 90 samples tested in order to evaluate the effect of age on HEV seropositivity, ther.. Read More»
DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.14.1.58-60