Open AccessRelative risk factors for seropositive hepatitis E virus among blood donors and haemodialysis patients: The pivotal role of primary health care education
Author(s) -
Nassir Abakar Babiker,
Adam Dawoud Abakar,
Nawal Tagelsir Mohamed,
Nadir Abuzeid,
GadAllah Modawe,
Mohamed A. M. Iesa,
Sami M. Assil,
Hisham Mohamed Osman,
Mohamed Hamed,
Mohamed H. Ahmed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2441_20
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis e virus , seroprevalence , cross sectional study , environmental health , hepatitis c virus , immunology , virus , antibody , serology , genotype , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , gene
Hepatitis E virus is a zoonotic virus with a worldwide epidemic outbreak. The aim of the study was to identify relative risk factors and co-infections concerning the seropositive HEV IgG among blood donors and haemodialysis (HD) patients in the central blood bank and renal dialysis centre in Wad Medani city, Gezira State, Sudan.