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 healthcare problem worldwide and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Aim of the study is to assess the seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viral infection among patients attending a tertiary care hospital. A prospective study was done from a period of 20 months (May 2016 to December 2017) on patients attending a tertiary care hospital. Serum samples were taken from patients for testing HBV and HCV infection using rapid immunochromatographic test and ELISA. A total number of 39874 patients were screened for HBsAg and anti HCV Ab. Among them; 249 were HBsAg positive (0.62%), 51 were anti HCV Ab positive (0.1%). Majority of the HBsAg positive patients belonged to age group 38-47 years (28.1%) and anti HCV Ab positive patients belonged to age group 58- 67 years (47.0%). Only one patient was found with a co-infection with both HBsAg and HCV positive. The screening of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viral infection among the patients attending a tertiary care hospital enlightens the details of seropositive being unnoticed.
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