Archives of Clinical and Medical Microbiology(ACMMJ)
ISSN: 2835-9968 | DOI: 10.33140/ACMMJ
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Zinab Abdellatef Osman Blal
Khartoum University Faculty of Medical Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Microbiology Department, Sudan
Publications
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Research Article
Molecular Diagnosis of Occult Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection Among Hemodialysis Patients in Khartoum State, Sudan from December 2019 to October 2020
Author(s): Zinab Abdellatef Osman Blal, Faega Abdalaziz Mohammed Dawood, Hajer Mohammed Musa Abusnina and Luai Osman Ibrahim Marouf*
Introduction: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) is the persistence of viral genome in the liver tissue in individuals negative for HBsAg. Hemodialysis patients are at risk of acquiring parenterally transmitted infections such as HBV, OBI, because of the large number blood transfusions they receive, invasive procedures they undergo, shared dialysis equipment, impaired host immune response, and lower response rates to HBV vaccination. Objectives : To detect occult Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection among Hemodialysis Patients using molecular technique Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted in National public health laboratory in Khartoum state ,Sudan following strict inclusion and exclusion criteria , Antigen capture Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect hepa.. Read More»