1Professor, Department of Virology. King Fahd Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
2Assistant professor, Botany and Microbiology Dep., College of Science, King Saud University.
3Botany and Microbiology Dep., College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Online published on 19 November, 2012.
In this study, were evaluated Infections among Individuals Included in premarital screening program at Jazan Province for the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The study was carried out in Jazan, Saudi Arabia through year of 2009 and 2010. A total of 28134 people were subjected to premarital screening test in this study. Seroconversion panels, HBsAg positive/HBsAg negative (n=540/n=27594), anti-HCV positive/negative (n=59/n=28075), and anti-HIV positive/negative (n=9/n=28125) samples were used to evaluate the performance of Monolisa HBsAg ULTRA, Murex anti-HCV, and Genscreen ULTRA HIV Ag-Ab.
Of the 28134 persons, 14073 were male (50%), and 4016 were female (49%). The detection of HBsAg, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV Ag-Ab, were 540 (0.07%), 63 (0.22%), and 9 (0.031%) respectively.
Male individuals showed very high incidence of HBV, HCV and HIV cases compare to female participant although the number of people participated from both gender was almost equivalent and with positive HIV were 7 cases while only two female were detected with HIV positive.
Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, Human immunodeficiency virus, premarital screening program
