Relative risk factors for seropositive hepatitis E virus among blood donors and haemodialysis patients: The pivotal role of primary health care education.

lated studies that included 1519872 participants, the risk factors identified were contamination of meat, soil, blood, locations, contact with dogs and educational levels.[ 21 ] The other study conducted among Egyptian blood donors on screening of HEV, and co-infection with HBV and HCV, concluded a highly significant association with age, educational level, donor types and locations with an exception of an occupation.[ 22 ] Furthermore, in a systematic search for several databases concerned the association of HEV among haemodialysis patients, 16 out of 31 studies identified that the patients on haemodialysis treatment were significantly associated with the HEV infection when compared with other groups.[ 23 ] However, in Sudan, there is lack of study in infections, co-infections and selected relative risk factors among seropositive HEV among blood donors and haemodialysis patients.

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