National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Viral Hepatitis is a major public health problem in India. Surveys for screening HBs Ag have been primary, simple and the most useful mode of determining HBV infection rates. The study has been designed with an objective to assess the prevalence of HBs Ag in blood donors and hospital camp attendees. The study was conducted in Owaisi Hospitals which is a tertiary care super speciality hospital. The study population included all the blood donors donating blood in the blood bank of the hospital and hospital camp attendees in the study period of 6 months from February 2015 to July 2015. Standard procedures were used during the blood collection. A total of 2,500 donor blood samples & 500 hospital camp attendees were screened by Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) approved enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay (ELISA) kit Hepalisa. Seropositivity was more among hospital camp attendees (4.4%) compared to blood donors (1.2%) which was found to be statistically significant (p<0.0001). Majority (93.3%) were males and half the proportion (53%) belonged to 31-35 years age group. In comparison with voluntary donors, seropositivity was more among replacement donors. A higher rate of prevalence of HBs Ag positivity was observed among hospital camp attendees compared to blood donors 4.4% and 1.2% respectively showing a higher prevalence in hospital camp attendees.
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