Abstract:
This study was carried out in Khartoum State in the
period of time from April to July 2012 on a total of 183
patients in various haemodialysis centers to compare
between
the
sensitivity
and
specificity
of
Immune
chromatography test (ICT) and indirect HCV ELISA using
recombinant antigens.
Sixty seven (36.6%) patients were positive for HCV-
antibodies by ICT and Sixty eight (37.2%) patients were
positive by ELISA.
However,
this
difference
was
not
statistically
significant (T. test, p value > 0.05). Therefore, both tests
are reliable for screening HCV-antibodies in patients as far
as a recombinant antigens were employed in both tests to
ensure specificity.
