Abstract:
This was descriptive- cross sectional study, which was conducted to
determine the frequency of human immunodeficincy virus (HIV) antibodies
among pregnant ladies attending
a ntenatal clinic in Alsuadi Hospital-
Kassala State during the period from April to septamber 2012 and to detect
relation between presence of anti HIV antibody and certain risk factors e.g.
duration of pregnancy gravidity, Educational status and history of
surgical operation.
Ninty sera from pregnant ladies were collected and investigated by 4th
generation ELISA technique.
The pregnant ladies examined were age range from (15-37) years with a
mean of 26 year.
None of population under study were seropositive for HIV (0%) , 81.1%
were in Third trimesters, ( 78.8%) multi gravidia, 55.5% were educated,
and (16.7%) had past history of surgical operation.