Epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections among hemodialysis patients in Khartoum, Sudan. | The epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is important for health planners and service providers. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the seroprevalence and associated risk factors for markers of HBV (HBsAg) and anti-HCV among hemodialysis patients at the Ahmed Gasim hemodialysis unit, Sudan. Structured questionnaires were used to obtain socio-demographic data and sera were tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody to HCV (anti-HCV ... | 2012 | 22052648 |
hepatitis b virus infection among staff in three hospitals in khartoum, sudan, 2006-07. | the study was conducted to determine the seropositivity of hepatitis b infection, associated risk factors and history of vaccination among staff in 3 teaching hospitals in khartoum. the study was carried out from march 2006 to march 2007. participants comprised 245 randomly selected hospital staff; 12 (4.9%) reacted positively for hbsag, 6 of whom were nurses, 4 domestic staff and 2 laboratory staff. only 37 paticipants (15.1%) said that they had attended training courses in biosafety. just over ... | 2011 | 21796963 |
hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection and recombination between hbv genotypes d and e in asymptomatic blood donors from khartoum, sudan. | sudan is a highly endemic area for hepatitis b virus (hbv), and >5% of blood donors are chronically infected. to examine potential strategies to improve hbv blood safety, 404 replacement donor samples previously screened for hbv surface antigen (hbsag) were tested for antibody to hbv core (anti-hbc), anti-surface antigen (anti-hbs), and hbv dna. of 145 anti-hbc-containing samples (36%) identified, 16 retested were hbsag positive (11%). anti-hbs was detected in 43/77 (56%) anti-hbc-reactive sampl ... | 2010 | 21048009 |
brief report: acute viral hepatitis and poor maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant sudanese women. | sixteen pregnant women presented at the three main hospitals in khartoum province, sudan during the period of march-september 2007 with features of acute viral hepatitis. their mean (sd) gestational age was 28.0(6.7) weeks. the etiology of acute viral hepatitis was hepatitis b virus in five women (31.3%), hepatitis c virus in one woman (6.3%), hepatitis e virus in eight women (50%), and hepatitis non-a-to-e virus in two women (12.5%). there were four (25%) maternal deaths and three (18.7%) intra ... | 2008 | 18712815 |
fulminant hepatic failure in an african setting: etiology, clinical course, and predictors of mortality. | this is prospective cross-sectional study on 37 patients presenting to different hospitals in khartoum state, sudan, sought to determine the etiology, clinical course, and predictors of mortality in patients presenting with fulminant hepatic failure (fhf). patients were subclassified into hyperacute, acute, and subacute fhf; all sera were tested for hepatitis a, b, c, and e; negative samples were tested for antinuclear antibodies and anti-smooth muscle antibodies. the commonest etiologic factors ... | 2007 | 17436091 |
hepatitis b virus markers in patients with schistosomiasis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in khartoum, sudan. | markers of hepatitis a and b virus were tested in 88 adult sudanese subjects in khartoum, sudan. the subjects consisted of 25 control hospitalized patients, 21 volunteer blood donors, 23 patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, 13 patients with liver cirrhosis and 6 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). antibody to hepatitis a virus was detected in 96% of the total. hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) was positive in 4, 24, 22, 31, and 67% of the subject groups, respectively. antibod ... | 1989 | 2552752 |
hazards analysis, within departments and occupations, for hepatitis b virus among health care workers in public teaching hospitals in khartoum state; sudan. | infection with hepatitis b virus (hbv) can lead to a range of clinical illnesses. | 2012 | 23121743 |
socio-demographic characteristics of health care workers and hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in public teaching hospitals in khartoum state, sudan. | hbv is second to tobacco as a known human carcinogen and the 10th leading cause of death worldwide. | 2012 | 22980339 |
assessment of biosafety precautions in khartoum state diagnostic laboratories, sudan. | this study was conducted to evaluate the biosafety precautions that applied by diagnostic laboratories in khartoum state, 2009. | 2012 | 22514753 |