Seroprevalence of hepatitis b in healthy blood donors at a teaching hospital of Kashmir (skims medical college and hospital Bemina, Srinagar): a restrospective study of five years

Shah, Mohd Younus; Naqash, Mohd Mubarik; Shah, Faizan Younus

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20160305

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“…This is contrary to the study conducted by Mohd. Yonus Shah et al, (17) which showed a lower prevalence rate of 0.35%. The lower prevalence in their study may be due to 85% of blood donors were literate.…”

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Prevalence of Hepatitis-B Among the Voluntary Blood Donors at the Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Rangaraj¹,

Purushothaman²

2018

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BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus infection is a global health problem. Approximately, 30% of world's population have serological evidence of either current or past infection with hepatitis B virus. (1) HBV causes a spectrum of diseases from self-limited hepatitis to acute fulminant and chronic hepatitis, which may result in sequelae like liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study is to study the seroprevalence of HbsAg among the voluntary blood donors.

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confidence: 97%