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Submitted
Jan 4, 2021
Published
Jul 6, 2021
Screening of Prevalence HBV and HCV from first six months of 2020 in Erbil province Kurdistan region /Iraq
Corresponding Author(s) : harem othman smail
harem.othman@koyauniversity.org
International Journal of Applied Biology,
Vol. 5 No. (1) (2021): International Journal of Applied Biology
Abstract
Nowadays, infections of the HBV and HCV are one of the major global public health problem. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV and HCV virus from the first six months of 2020 in the of Erbil province, Kurdistan region of Iraq. Also associations between the prevalence of HBV and HCV in different age groups, has been established.
The study was conducted on (101) individuals (63 males and 38 females), of different aged population groups, in Erbil city from beginning of January 2020 to the end of June 2020. To detect the positive results of both HBV and HCV (VL), all samples subjected to detect their viral load by GeneXpert (RT PCR or RTqPCR).
Out of (101) samples, 24(%23.76) of HBV and 7(%6.93) for HVC in both sex were detect positive respectively. Prevalence of both HBV and HCV was highest in males than females. Also the highest percentage of HBV found between (19-40) years, 12(%19.04) in males and 5(%13.15) in females. In addition highest number of HCV positive was found between (41-60) years, which 2(%3.17) and 2(%5.26) for males and females respectively, while opposite results were found from other aged groups
The study was conducted on (101) individuals (63 males and 38 females), of different aged population groups, in Erbil city from beginning of January 2020 to the end of June 2020. To detect the positive results of both HBV and HCV (VL), all samples subjected to detect their viral load by GeneXpert (RT PCR or RTqPCR).
Out of (101) samples, 24(%23.76) of HBV and 7(%6.93) for HVC in both sex were detect positive respectively. Prevalence of both HBV and HCV was highest in males than females. Also the highest percentage of HBV found between (19-40) years, 12(%19.04) in males and 5(%13.15) in females. In addition highest number of HCV positive was found between (41-60) years, which 2(%3.17) and 2(%5.26) for males and females respectively, while opposite results were found from other aged groups