Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in the southern region of Khartoum state

This study was aimed to determine the sero-prevalence of hepatitis B markers. In the month of February 2011, blood samples were collected from patients randomly at Ibrahim malik and basha'ir hospitals [southern Khartoum]. Enzyme linked immunosorbent Assay [ELISA] was used to determine both antigen and antibody surfaces of HBV in serum. A total of 90 subjects were tested with the mean age of 37.3; where 55 were female and 35 were male. HBsAg and HBsAb were detected positive in 4[4.4%] and 10[11.1%] out 90 respectively. All four positive HBsAg were samples from females. This study shows that prevalence of HBV infection is higher in females than in males