Publications by authors named "Mahomed Farouk Mahomed"
Objectives: To determine the seropositivity of Immunoglobulin-G and Immunoglobulin-M to hepatitis E virus in male blood donors in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: The study was carried out from March to August 2009, in which 900 blood samples were collected from 4 different hospital blood banks in Makkah City: AL-Noor Hospital, Central Blood Bank, Maternity and Children Hospital, and Herra Hospital. All the samples were tested for Immunoglobulin-G and Immunoglobulin-M antibodies specific to hepatitis E virus using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of rotavirus in infants and young children in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A population-based prevalence study was done in randomly selected infants and young children suffering from acute diarrhoea. Faecal specimens were collected from 479 patients.