Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among patients at a tertiary health care centre in Rajasthan, India

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dc.contributor.authorMathur, Ajayen_US
dc.contributor.authorGoyal, Laxmi Kanten_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Manoj Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Arvind Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorHooja, Nupuren_US
dc.contributor.authorYadav, R. N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-09T07:43:57Z
dc.date.available2020-04-09T07:43:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-04
dc.description.abstractBackground: To ascertain the prevalence of Hepatitis C infection among patients visiting a tertiary care center in Jaipur, Rajasthan.Methods: An observation analytic study was done at a tertiary care center affiliated to Medical College with retrospective analysis of the hospital data of two calendar years. During this period HCV infection screening (anti-HCV) was offered to every suspected patient admitted in hospital and every pregnant women visiting antenatal care clinic.Results: The study prevalence of HCV infection was 0.05% (13/25311). The prevalence was more in female (0.03%) than male (0.02%). The study prevalence of anti-HCV among pregnant female was 0.02% (3/16224). Maximum positive cases (4/13, 30.77% positive cases) were in the age group of 21-30 years (sexually active group) and >50 years age group while minimum positivity was found in children (00 case, 0-20 years age).Conclusions: In this study, prevalence of HCV infection was 0.05%. The study prevalence of HCV among pregnant females was 0.02%. Maximum positive cases (4/13, 30.77% positive cases) were in the age group of >50 years and 21-30 years. This study aids in view to strengthen proper screening for HCV infection to reduce HCV related morbidity and mortalityen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Medicine, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Medicine, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstretics and Gynecology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMathur Ajay, Goyal Laxmi Kant, Sharma Manoj Kumar, Gupta Arvind Kumar, Hooja Nupur, Yadav R. N.. Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among patients at a tertiary health care centre in Rajasthan, India. International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 2020 Apr; 7(4): 683-686en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3925
dc.identifier.issn2349-3933
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/194662
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20201122en_US
dc.subjectAnti- Hepatitis C virusen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis C virus infectionen_US
dc.subjectPregnant femaleen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectScreeningen_US
dc.titleSeroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among patients at a tertiary health care centre in Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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