Seroprevalence of Parvovirus B19 in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Military Hospital 2015

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.