Abstract:
This study was conducted for serological detection of parvovirus B19
antibodies in serum of pregnant women in Khartoum State during the period
from April to June 2015. Blood samples were collected from 90 pregnant
women less than 45 years of age attending antenatal clinics inOmdurman
Military Hospital. All samples were tested for the presence of parvovirus B19
IgG antibodies using ELISA Kits. Parovirus B19 IgG antibodies were detected
in 37 (41.1%) of the total samples examined. Most of the positive cases were in
pregnant women aged 15-25 years20 (22.2%) followed by 13 (14.2%) in
pregnant women between 26-35 years of age. However, the pregnant women
between 36-45 years of age had the lowest 4(4.4%) parvovirus B19
seropositivity.Parvovirus B19 seropositivity was 10 (11.1%) among the
pregnant women that hadabortion, and this did not reach statistical significance.
Most of pregnant women have parvovirus B19 IgG antibodies, were within 3rd
trimester 20 (22.2%), followed by 2nd trimester 11 (12.2%), and 1st trimester 6
(6.7%).The high frequency of positive subjects among pregnant women that
had number of household children between 0-2 was 30 (33.3%), but the
pregnant women that had number of household children between 3-5 was 7
(7.8%). The seropositivty of parvovirus B19 IgG antibodies among pregnant
women that had history of blood transfusion was 3 (3.3%).There was ststistical
correlation of serological finding of the parvovirus B19 and age of patients,
whilenon significantdifference with other risk factors.
