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Abstract blood banks in Shebin El-Koin City. Full history was taken, and they were asked about previous donation, blood tansfusion, operation or jaundice. Their ages were ranged from 18-53 years and it included 32 females and 68 males. All donors were clinically free. Blood samples were taken and sera were tested for : 1. HBsAg by ELISA and latex. 2. HCV by ELISA. 3. AIDS by ELISA. 4. level of ALT. The result revealed that : 1) 15 % of blood donors were HBsAg positive by ELISA. 2) Only 5% were HBsAg positive by latex. 3) The prevalence of HBsAg was 17.6% in males and 9.4% in females. 4) HBsAg was more frequent in the age group (20-30) years. 5) HBsAg was more frequent in blood donors with history of donation twice (50%). |