Frequancy of Hepatitis B Surface antigen and Syphilis Antibodies among Blood Donors Attending Omdurman Teaching Hospital

Abstract

This is descriptive cross sectional study, which was conducted to detect Frequencies of hepatitis B Surface antigen (HbsAg) and anti Syphilis antibodies (IgG) among blood donors attending Omdorman Teaching Hospital in the period from April to June 2012. Two hundred and eighty five blood donors were investigated, serum specimens were collected and investigated by 4th generation ELISA, all examined donor were males and their ages were in the range from (15-64) years with a mean of 29 years. Among them hepatitis B virus surface antigen was detected among 29 (10.2%), while Syphilis antibodies were detected among 26(9.1%) and 12 (4%) were positive for both. Statistical analysis showed significant correlation between the presence of HBsAg and syphilis antibodies (P.value 0.000) among the investigated population.