A study on serological detection of Hepatitis A virus with associated risk factors in young kids

Aysha Iqbal Khan, Rana Haider Ali, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Siddiq, Suleman Irfan, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Siddiq, Noor Fatima, Ramla Zafar

Abstract


Background: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a major concerning issue for human health that causes acute viral hepatitis. Hepatitis A virus is non enveloped RNA virus which is a member of the family Picornaviridae and genus Hepatovirus. HAV is more prevalent in developing countries like Pakistan with poor sanitation and economic status. The virus is present in young kids of age 1 to 15 years old associated with many risk factors.

Methods: A total of 100 blood samples (1-2 ml) were collected from the hospitals of Lahore. After serum collection, indirect ELISA was performed on a commercially available kit. The Optical density (OD) was taken from the ELISA reader. Positive and negative samples were also run along with the samples and samples OD was compared with the OD of positive and negative controls. Cut off value was calculated by multiplying negative control (NC) with 2.1. The absorbance value of specimen/cutoff <1: samples having a value less than cut-off value were considered negative and samples having a value greater than or equal to cut-off value were considered positive. The apparent prevalence of Hepatitis A virus was measured by dividing the number of children positive to the total number of children included in the study.

Results: Of the 100 samples tested, 37% were positive for IgM and 100% were positive for IgG. Statistical Analysis SPSS 21.0 version was applied to analyze the data and a correlation test was applied to see the association of risk factors with disease status.

Conclusion: This study was done to appraise the overall status of HAV prevalence in young kids in association with potential risk factors.

Keywords: Hepatitis A; ELISA; Risk assessment; Prevalence; Hygiene 


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