Incidence and co-infection of Syphilis Microbe, Hepatitis (B& C) & Human Immunodeficiency Viruses among Blood Donors Attending Khartoum Teaching Hospital

Abstract

This study is adescriptive analytical study, was conducted to determine the incidence and co-infection of Hepatitis (B&C) viruses, human immune deficiency virus, and syphilis transmitted through the blood, among blood donors attending Khartoum teaching hospital throughout the period between May2010 – August 2010 Two hundred blood donors at different age groups were informed about the study, only males were available as donors fit for blood donation expected out come and agreement of participation was obtained, then the questionnaire was used to collect the information about blood donor’s age, sex, blood groups and others. Most of blood donors came from Omdurman, most of them were workers in their occupation and had O+ve group. As well 5 ml of blood were taken from the blood donors of which were taken in plain container, in the blood bank of Khartoum teaching hospital using ELISA technique and were diagnosed to determine the incidence and co-infection of Hepatitis (B&C) viruses, human immune deficiency virus, and syphilis. Statistical package of social science (SPSS) computer program was used for data entry and analysis in this study the result show that more than 12.5 of blood donors was infected with varius and bacterial infection.The result obtained showed that: among the blood donors the percentage of hepatitis B virus was 7.0%, the percentage of hepatitis C virus was 0.5%, the percentage of syphilis was 5.0%, the percentage of co-infection (HBsAg and Syphilis) was 2.0% . The lowest frequency was shown in HIV (0%).