Abstract

Ayolabi, C. I.*, Taiwo, M. A, Omilabu, S. A, Abebisi, A. O and Fatoba, O. M

The prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV), one of the causative agents of viral hepatitis was investigated. One hundred and sixty-seven (167) blood samples from donors which were sero-negative to hepatitis B virus markers were screened for presence of HCV IgM antibodies using a third generation ELISA kit. Out of the 167 sample tested 14 (8.4%) were positive for anti-HCV with the highest prevalence rate recorded in the age group 30-39 years. There is no statistically significant association between the sex and the rate of HCV infection (p 0.05).