ABSTRACT
Objective To understand hepatitis c virus infection in drug users in Huainan city,and to provide the scientific basis for prevention and control of hepatitis c prevalence.Methods Two groups of participants was col-lected,one group was drug abusers under detoxification from January,2014 to December in Huainan city, another group treated random health examination patients in outpatient department of the third people's hospital in Huainan cit-y as detect objects.Venous blood and serum were collected and centrifuged from patients of the two groups,and the hepatitis c virus antibody kit of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was accessd.The whole test process was opera-ted in strict accordance with the national practice of clinical laboratory and kits operating requirements of instructions. Serological tests were carried out on the two groups to know the existence of their hepatitis c virus antibody ( HCV antibody).Results During 337 cases of drug addicts,the HCV antibody positive specimens were found in 184 cases, with the positive rate of 54.6%.Specimens of 473 cases in the control group,were detected positive HCV antibody in 2 cases,and the positive rate was 0.4%.Conclusion Positive rate of serum anti-HCV antibody among drug users was much higher than infection rate of ordinary natural population.it is an important source of infection for hepatitis C.