PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION AMONG THALASSEMIA PATIENTS IN NINEVEH GOVERNORATE, IRAQ
Mohamad D. Khaled.
Abstract
Children suffering from beta thalassemia have deficient synthesis of beta globin chain of hemoglobin, a total of 480 blood samples were collected from beta thalassemia major patients attending thalassemia center in Ibn- Alather hospital in Nineveh governorate between March until May 2012. Out of 480 patients (57% males, 43% females) blood samples provided 50/480 (10.4%) anti- HCV positive, 44/50 (88%) were found to be HCV RNA positive among anti- HCV positive patients, 2/480 (0.4%) were found to be HBSAg positive, non of the cases were reported from HIV positive among patients.
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