Detection of Antibodies against hepatitis C virus in serum from Sudanese aborted women

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to identify hepatitis type C in aborted women in Khartoum state. Eighty two [82] samples of blood serum of aborted women at last month of delivery were collected from Maternity Hospital, located at Omdurman, Khartoum state, during November and December 2009. Samples were collected in sterile containers and then transported to be diagnosed in the laboratory. Samples were preserved in refrigerator at -4c before use. The samples were checked to detect the Anti IgG for hepatitis C in serum of aborted women by using ELISA test. The test showed that one of these samples is positive [0.82%] and the rest of the 81 samples were negative. The study remarked that frequency of hepatitis C is rather low in Khartoum state among aborted women