Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C in Pregnancy at Tertiary Care Center of Northeren India-Advanced Research in Gastroenterology & Hepatology-Juniper Publishers

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PREVALENCE OF HIV, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C IN PREGNANCY AT TERTIARY CARE CENTER OF NORTHEREN INDIA

Authored by Parveen Malhotra

Background & Objectives: Information on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human immunodeficiency virus in pregnant women in India is not much. This study was cARGHied out to investigate the prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV infection within an obstetric population in north India.
Methods: It was a retrospective study which was conducted by analyzing the data of pregnant patients who delivered at Labour room of Obstetrics & Gynecology department of PGIMS, Rohtak over one year period i.e.01.01.2015 to 31.12.2015. All the pregnant patients who delivered were screened for HBsAg, Anti HIV antibodies and Anti HCV antibodies. A total number of 10,000 pregnant patients delivered in this one year time.
Results: It was observed that 84 tested positive for HIV (0. 84%), 36 were positive for HBsAg (0.36%), 30 were positive for HCV (0.30%). The mean age and parity of these delivered patients was 22.50±8.8 yrs.
Conclusion: With a prevalence of the HCV infection equivalent to elsewhere in the world but with no significantly associated risk factor, identification of HCV infection here poses a greater public health problem. In this situation, the modules based on selective screening for high risk factor analysis will fail to identify over half of the infected patients. Therefore, targeted screening is not appropriate and universal screening would present cost constraints especially in resource-poor countries. Further research is necessary to understand the causes and implications of this observation and to give future directions.


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