Abstract

Tajeldin M. Abdallah, Mamoon H. Mohamed and AbdelAziem A. Ali*

This study was conducted at Kassala, Eastern Sudan between March and April 2011, to determine the seroprevalence and epidemiological risk factors of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among healthy people visited Kassala Teaching Hospital, eastern Sudan. 5 ml of blood were drawn from each subject, after immediate centrifugation, the sera were tested for HBsAg using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). The seroprevalence revealed from ELISA was (8.2%). Among the epidemiological and risk factors, the seropositivity of HBV varied with residence, ethnicity and gender distribution (P value=0.01, 0.001 and 0.000, respectively). Substantial effort is needed to adopt the preventive measures, and HBV immunization should be strongly supported and sustained by the ministry of health in eastern Sudan.