Viral Hepatitis in India

Abraham, Priya

doi:10.1016/j.cll.2012.03.003

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“…53 However, a recent study by Dwivedi et al 54 has shown a lower prevalence rate of 0.9%. Moreover, unlike most studies showing lower levels of HBeAg positivity in HBV infected pregnant women, 8,53 Dwivedi et al 54 reported a high replicative rate, with 56.8% of the patients being HBeAg positive.…”

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Tackling the Hepatitis B Disease Burden in India

Puri

2014

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

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Globally, approximately 240 people have been infected worldwide with hepatitis B Virus (HBV). India has approximately HBV carrier rate of 3.0% with a high prevalence rate in the tribal population. With a population of more than 1.25 billion, India has more than 37 million HBV carriers and contributes a large proportion of this HBV burden. While horizontal transmission in childhood appears to be a major route of transmission, the role of vertical transmission is probably underestimated. Blood transfusion and unsafe therapeutic injections continue to be important modes of transmission of HBV. There is a need for large field studies to better understand HBV epidemiology and identify high prevalence areas, and public health measures to prevent disease transmission and decrease the burden of the disease. ( J CLIN EXP HEPATOL 2014;4:312-319)

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“…[8][9][10] The widely quoted figure of a carrier rate in India of 4.7% with an estimated carrier population of 56.5 million 9 may be an exacerbation. This estimate, which was based on the results of 19 studies, has some flaws that may result in overestimation.…”

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Tackling the Hepatitis B Disease Burden in India

Puri

2014

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

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“…The overall rate of HBsAg positivity has been reported to range between 2% and 8% in most studies 19,20 . Chaudhary et al reported the overall carrier rate to 5.3% in their study.99 46% patients were in age category of 51-60 years and 29 (58.0%) were male patient and 21(42.0%) were females.…”

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“…In terms of endemicity, India comes in Intermediate zone.6 According to WHO, the prevalence of Hepatitis B in general population in India ranges from 0.1% to 11 %,10 whereas various studies about epidemiology of hepatitis B in India report HBsAg seropositivity range from 2% -4.7% 3 . The reason for this heterogeneity is variation in social, economic and health factors in different regions of India 4 .…”

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“TO STUDY THE PREVALENCE OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES IN CASES OF HEPATITIS B & HEPATITIS C”.

Garg¹,

Bhatnagar²,

Jha³

et al. 2017

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“…17,18 There are reports of overall rate of HBsAg positivity ranging between 2 to 4.7%. 19,20 A high endemicity of HBV infection has been reported in tribal populations of India, in which the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands show very high levels of HBsAg positivity ranging from 23.3% to 35%. 21,22 There are hyperendemic foci of HBV infection in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.…”

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