DOI: 10.21276/sasjm.2017.3.11.2

Pages: 292-298

Hepatitis C and G viruses are blood born viruses which are distributed throughout the world. These viruses may infect the general population, blood recipient such as thalassemic, hemadialysis and hemophilic patients and individuals who receive the blood, or expose to operations and injection of drugs. The study was planned to determine the seropositive of HCV and HGV among blood donors and risky population in Kirkuk City.This study carried out from 21st of November 2012 to 30th of April 2013 in Azadi Teaching Hospital (patients attended Gastroenterology-Liver Disease Unit and Thalassemia Center), Kirkuk General Hospital (Hemodialysis Center) and Blood Bank Center of Kirkuk City, to detect hepatitis C virus antibody using the ELISA and mini-VIDAS techniques and hepatitis G virus antibody using ELISA technique in thalassemic patients, hemodialysis patients, general population and blood donors. The rate of HCV seropositive by using ELISA in thalassemic patients, hemodialysis patients, general population and blood donors were 29.5%, 7.1%, 9.8% and 1.6% respectively and by using mini-VIDAS were 29.5%, 7.1 %, 8.8 % and non-respectively. The rate of HGV seropositive was 2.6 % in thalassemic patients, non in hemodialysis patients, 0.98 % in general population and 1.6 %