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Volume7, Issue2

Serodiagnosis of Human Herpesvirus-8 among Iraqi Blood Donors

    Zainab B. Mohammed Shatha F. Abdullah

European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2020, Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 69-74

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Abstract

Human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) or known as Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
(KSHV) is the etiologic agent for all clinic-epidemiological forms of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS).
Many studies have been documented that blood transfusion plays an important role in
HHV-8 transmission. This study was prepared to determine the frequency of HHV-8
antibodies among blood donors. A cross-sectional study was conducted on ninety blood
donors who attended the Iraqi National Centre for Blood Transfusion in February 2019 to
detect HHV-8 IgG antibodies using an enzyme-linked immunoassay method. Anti-HHV8-
IgG were detected in 78 out of 90 (86.6%) serum samples. A significant association has
been found between anti-HHV-8 detection and associated risk factors in blood donors such
as sexual relationships (legal and illegal), occupation, surgical and dental operations, blood
transfusion, cupping, tattooing, smoking and numbers of blood donation. Our results
confirmed that a high percentage of HHV8-IgG among blood donors may indicate an
increased threat to HHV-8 infection via blood transfusion.
Keywords:
    HHV-8 KSHV Blood donors ELISA blood transfusion
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(2020). Serodiagnosis of Human Herpesvirus-8 among Iraqi Blood Donors. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7(2), 69-74.
Zainab B. Mohammed; Shatha F. Abdullah. "Serodiagnosis of Human Herpesvirus-8 among Iraqi Blood Donors". European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7, 2, 2020, 69-74.
(2020). 'Serodiagnosis of Human Herpesvirus-8 among Iraqi Blood Donors', European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7(2), pp. 69-74.
Serodiagnosis of Human Herpesvirus-8 among Iraqi Blood Donors. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2020; 7(2): 69-74.
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