Open AccessEpidemiological Study of Viral Hepatitis/ Chibayish Marsh Reality in Iraq
Author(s) -
Safa A. Al-Waysi,
Aliaa Mohammed Abdul-Hadi,
Am. Jassim
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mağallaẗ baġdād li-l-ʿulūm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2411-7986
pISSN - 2078-8665
DOI - 10.21123/bsj.8.1.23-28
Subject(s) - marsh , incidence (geometry) , viral hepatitis , epidemiology , medicine , hepatitis , hepatitis virus , hepatitis a , virology , hepatitis b , hepatitis c , hepatitis a virus , biology , virus , ecology , wetland , physics , optics
Total of 170 samples were collected from Al-Chibayish Marsh reality in Dhi-Qar governorate southern of Iraq to study the epidemology of viral hepatitis in these areas and to detect the type of hepatitis viruses which include A ,B,C,D .The percentage of hepatitis A was 1.17% and most of them below age of ?10 (66.6%) while infection with hepatitis B account 5.29% and includes all age groups. There was no detected cases of hepatitis C,D.The laboratory study showed that the incidence of hepatitis B higher in male (4.11%) compared to female ( 2.35%)