DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i11.026

Pages: 4441-4445

More than 80% of hepatitis cases are caused by five types of hepatitis viruses (A-E), which known as hepatotropic viruses, The remaining of the 20% cases and also 10% transfusion associated hepatitis are tested negative for all viral hepatitis, that suggest the existence of other hepatitis agents. The latest novel virus proposed as a cause of this kind of hepatitis (non-A-E) is a SEN virus (SENV). This virus was discovered in the serum of an injection drug user (IDU) infected with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). And was found subsequently in a large percentage of IDUs and polytransfused patients. This study was designed to search the prevalence of SEN-V among blood donors in Nyala city. SENV DNA was determined by polymerase chain reaction in serum samples from 100 healthy individuals attended to the blood bank of the Nyala teaching hospital. SEN-V was detected in 19 from 100 (19%) of healthy blood donors. SEN-V can be transmitted via blood transfusion.