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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Excellent Publishers</publisher>
<journalTitle>International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS) CODEN(USA)-IJCMO9</journalTitle>
<issn>2319-7692</issn>
<eissn>2319-7706</eissn>
<publicationDate>2015-12-20</publicationDate>
<volume>4</volume>
<issue>12</issue>
<startPage>318</startPage>
<endPage>322</endPage>
<documentType>article</documentType> 



<title language="eng">
Antenatal Screening for HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis in a Tertiary Care Hospital
</title>
<authors>
			
			<author>
			<name>S.Shazia Parveen</name>
			<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
			</author>
			<author>
			<name>S.Madhavi</name>
			<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
			</author>
			
					
			
</authors>

<affiliationsList>
			<affiliationName affiliationId="1">
Department of Microbiology, Research and Development Centre,
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">
Department of Microbiology, Bhaskar Medical College and Hospital,
Yenkapally, Moinabad, R.R. District, Telangana state-500075, India
</affiliationName>
				
</affiliationsList>
<abstract language="eng">
			<p>This study was carried out to observe the frequency of Hepatitis B,Hiv,and
syphilis and the value of routine prenatal screening among the pregnant women,
attending antenatal clinic of Bhaskar general hospital at Ranga Reddy dist. A
serological screening was carried out during the period January 2015 to October
2015. All the pregnant women who attended the clinics were screened for Syphilis
using Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test. All those who were positive were
confirmed using Treponema pallidum haemagglutination (TPHA) test. Patients
were screened for Hepatitis B by Immuno Chromatographic Technique (ICT)
device designed for qualitative detection of HBsAg in serum. Those found positive
on screening test were confirmed by ELISA. Finally, samples were tested for
antibodies to HIV by three different methods as per Strategy III of the National
AIDS Control Organization by using different systems of testing to establish a
diagnosis of HIV. Seropositivity of hepatitis B was 0.86%, syphilis was 0%, and
HIV was 0.97%. Testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), syphilis, and
hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was done to assess the extent of seropositivity
in pregnant women and to re-evaluate the need for routine antenatal care screening.</p>
</abstract>

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http://ijcmas.com/vol-4-12/S.Shazia Parveen and S.Madhavi.pdf
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<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword>Antenatal
women</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword> Hepatitis B</keyword></keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword> HIV</keyword></keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword> Seropositivity
</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
		<keyword> Syphilis
</keyword>
</keywords>

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