2017
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10006-1484
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen among Pregnant Women in a Tertiary Care Health Center of North India

Abstract: Objective: To establish the rate of seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among pregnant women in tertiary care health centre of North India. Materials and methods:We included 2058 antenatal women attending the antenatal opd in our hospital S.N. Medical college Agra from January 2015 to 2016. All pregnant women attending antenatal OPD at their first antenatal visit were screened for HBsAg and verbally informed regarding study.Results: A total of 42 women had positive HBsAg results. The mean age was 25.… Show more

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“…39 In contrast, higher seroprevalence of HBV was observed in similar study populations in different parts of the world. For instance; the current study finding is considerably higher than other previous study reports such as: 2.26% from Bulgaria, 40 2.78% from Pakistan, 41 2.04% from India, 42 4.6% from Nigeria 43 and 3.5% from Dawuro, Southern Ethiopia. 26 These differences in the seroprevalence might be due to differences in cultural and behavioral characteristics of the pregnant women.…”
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confidence: 80%
“…39 In contrast, higher seroprevalence of HBV was observed in similar study populations in different parts of the world. For instance; the current study finding is considerably higher than other previous study reports such as: 2.26% from Bulgaria, 40 2.78% from Pakistan, 41 2.04% from India, 42 4.6% from Nigeria 43 and 3.5% from Dawuro, Southern Ethiopia. 26 These differences in the seroprevalence might be due to differences in cultural and behavioral characteristics of the pregnant women.…”
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confidence: 80%
“…The age group of 25-34 years had a high HBsAg seropositivity rate of 48.27% in the current study, which was similar to the findings of Dwivedi et al and Garg et al, which signifies that young people have a high rate of HBV infection, possibly because they are sexually active in the reproductive age group. 15,16 This may be related to the high vulnerability of younger women to sexually transmitted infections.…”
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confidence: 99%