Investigating of the core antigen of the virus (Core IgM, Core IgG ) to patients with viral hepatitis B

Abstract

Viral hepatitis is the most common epidemic disease worldwide . It is one of the serious health problems which spreading all over the world ,especially in the developing countries such as Iraq. Viral hepatitis including the five main types symbolized with (A,B,C,D, and E ) according to their discovering dates . Moreover , there are other two types such as G and F ,both are less important and no more detailed information about their effects on human health.The study samples included 103 individuals infected with viral hepatitis B, and the control group was 40 uninfected individuals. The samples were collected during December 15 – August 15 from different medical sites (National Center for Blood Transfusion, Hospitals AL-Shaheed Ghazi AL -Hariri and Baghdad Teaching Hospital ) all located in Baghdad ,Iraq .The ages of sample individuals were varying (20-60) years. Regarding the spread of viral core (core-IgG) of viral hepatitis B, the results showed that 54 individuals (52.4%) were positive indicating past infection whereas . the( core-IgM) test showed that 29 individuals (28.2%) were indicating recent or continuing infecation.