West Nile virus IgG antibodies among blood donors in Sudan: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: while the world is concentrated on fighting SARS-CoV-2, other viruses such as West Nile virus (WNV) attack the communities silently. West Nile Virus (WNV) is established as one of the infectious agents that transmissible blood transfusion. The present study is cross-sectional, conducted in the central blood bank, Khartoum state, Sudan, and aimed to determine WNV IgG antibodies among blood donors.

Detection of multidrug resistant in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, using Genotype MTBDR.

Background: The global increase in the rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) has made the timely identification of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains an important emergence to achieve effective disease management and to prevent their spread in the community. The present study aimed to determine the MDR-TB in Tabuk province, north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: The GenoType MTBDRplus assay was used to determine the mutations associated with isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF) resistances.