Hepatitis B virus Prevalence of Enveloped Antigen among Health Care Workers in Wad Medani Gezira State Sudan (2016)

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a member of the hepadnaviridae family of viruses, and has adouble –stranded circular DNA and (DNA polymerase enzyme).It has three proteins,a third antigen is(HbeAg), is shed in the blood when the virus replicates, and itspresence is associated with high infectivity, caused a serious liver disease.This cross sectional laboratory basedstudy wasconducted to determine HBV prevalence, and the risk factors for HCWs contracting HBV infection in Wad Madani City ,Gezira State , Central Sudan .The studyduring March to October 2016.The study recruited185subjects, those were associated with health care service, and then were categorized into 5 groups (physicians, Laboratory specialist, Nurses, Employers, and Wash workers). 45physicians, 47 Laboratory specialists ,39Nurses , 33 Wash workers , 21Employers. Structured questionnaire was used to gather theirsociodemoraphid data such as medical histories, and risk factors for contracting blood-borne infections,gender,age, and job.Five ml venousblood were collected from each participant, and thensera were separated into plain tubes until tested using Enzyme Linked Immune Sorbent Assay(ELISA) by cobas e 411.The overall of seroprevalence of HBeAg was2.3 % (4/185). The percentage of HBeAgamong physicianswas 0% (0/45) ,Laboratory specialist 0% (0/47) , Nurses 0% (0/39),Employers 4.7% (1/21), andWash workers 9% (3/33).Health care workers exposed directly or indirectly to the contaminated materials or infected patients with HBV depending on their job. Physicians and nurses may contact directly to health care customers more than laboratory specialists and employers. On other hands, wash-workers exposed directly or indirectly to the surfaces like during washing floors, tables or uncontrollable medical wastes (such as used syringes, cotton, sample containers).Health care service employers and wash workers at high risk of infection.This study recommended screening policies HBV among health care worker periodically to detect carriers as they can act as a source of infection.Another study should be done with large sample size and include all hospitals of wad Medani area.

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Hepatitis B virus Prevalence of Enveloped Antigen among Health Care Workers in Wad Medani Gezira State Sudan (2016)

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Bakri Yousif Mohammed Nour, Adam Dawoud Abakar Salim

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Zeinab Hamid Mohmed Alkhider ALfham

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