Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a predominantly rural area in Haryana

Sociodemographic and seroprevalence profile of sexually transmitted infections (HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Syphilis) in asymptomatic pregnant females

“…Jindal et al and Dwivedi et al also showed increasing prevalence of STI in lower socioeconomic strata, 47.56% seropositive females were illiterate and 32% educated upto primary level only in our study. 10,14 Similar observations were made by Jindal et al, Maheshwari et al and Aboyeji et al 10,11,15 Majority (89.33%) seropositive females were unemployed/home makers as observed by Shah et al 2011 and Rashid et al 2014, 71% females in our study had family income <5223 Rs/month. 16,17 Shah et al also reported 85.7% seropositive pregnant females with family income less than 5000 Rs/month.…”

“…12 Number of pregnant women with STIs is increasing by about 250 million a year in developed world and double this number in developing nations 86.22% seropositive asymptomatic pregnant women were in the age group of 20-29 years similar to as reported by other authors. 4,[9][10][11] 80.89% seropositive pregnant females were from rural background. Jindal et al and Irshad et al also reported higher seropositive pregnant females from rural area.…”

“…10 Maheshwari et al reported 0.7% seroprevalence for Hepatitis B, 0.25% for Hepatitis C and 0.2% for HIV in asymptomatic pregnant women. 11 Ekanem et al 2012 reported 6.8% seroprevalence for HIV, 1.4% for hepatitis B and 1.2% for syphilis in rural communities of Nigeria. 4 Rajesh and Sudha reported 30.6% asymptomatic pregnant women of lower socioeconomic strata to be seropositive for syphilis, 25.8% for hepatitis B and 4.8% for HIV.…”