Journal of Immunobiology

Marwa Ahmed Al-sedig

Publications

• Research Article
  Seroprevalance of Human Parvovirus B19 among Blood Donor Volunteers from Sudanese Blood Bank in Khartoum State 2017
  Author(s): Amasi Hassan Omer, Ayat Jamal Al-deen Adam, Fatima Ali Mohamed, Fatima Hashim Hamed, Haram Hussain Edr, Marwa Ahmed Al-sedig, Romisa Hashim Ahmed, Yoonis Ismail Mohammed and Omnia Mohammed HamidAmasi Hassan Omer, Ayat Jamal Al-deen Adam, Fatima Ali Mohamed, Fatima Hashim Hamed, Haram Hussain Edr, Marwa Ahmed Al-sedig, Romisa Hashim Ahmed, Yoonis Ismail Mohammed and Omnia Mohammed Hamid
  
  Background: Human parvovirus B19 is in emerging transfusion transmitted infection, although parvovirus B19 infection is connected with severe complication in some recipients, donor screening is not yet mandatory. Aim: To determine the prevalence of human parvovirus B19-specific-IgG antibody among blood donors attending the central blood bank (STAC) ,Khartoum State, Sudan, and to determine some possible risk factors. Subjects and Methods: A total of 180 sera samples collected from the participants were screened for human parvovirus B19-specific-IgG antibody using quantitative indirect ELISA technique. Result: Human parvovirus B19-specific-IgG antibodies were detected in 114/180 (63.3%). No statistical significance was determined regarding the variables tested in this study and the results .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2476-1966.1000127

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