prevalence of anti - HCV virus and hepatitis B seromarkers among Egyptian rural school children and it's relation to schistosomiasis

ABSTRACT

This study was composed of 170 male students aged 11-14 years from Tamoh village, Giza governorate, Cairo. They were subjected to full history, clinical assessment, urine and stool analysis, together with HCV and HB seromarkers, using ELISA 2nd generation techniques and Abdominal ultrasonography to all studied groups. HCV seropositivity was 18 [10.58%] and there were increase in anti-HCV seropositivity among students with schistosomal hepatosplenomegaly. Anti-HCV seropositivity was not related to activity of schistosomiasis. On the other hand hepatitis B seropositivity was 8 [4.70%] and there were the number of seropositivity occurs among students with schistosomal hepatosplenomegaly only