Hepatitis B Virus Burden in Jammu (J&K): A Maiden Study
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
Background: Sero-surveillance of Hepatitis B virus infection in the Jammu province of J and K, India. Objectives: The study was envisaged with the objective to (1) Study the Hepatitis B burden in the Jammu province (2) To further formulate the regional management policy, study the Genotypes and conduct Phylogenetic analysis based on this study. Methods: Referred patient’s blood specimens were collected for HBsAg ELISA and tested. The test results were shared with both patients and the clinicians. Results: The prospective study was conducted from January 2014 to December 2016 wherein a total of 27,703 ELISA tests were performed and 678 patients were positive (2.44%). Male (64.60%) preponderance was observed over females (35.39%) with an overall positivity of 1.58% and 0.86% respectively. Highest prevalence of 54.71% was observed in the age group of 41-60 years followed by a prevalence of 29.20% in 19 to 40 years, 14.45% in 61-80 and 1.44% in the age group above 80. Of the 27,703 samples screened 449 (1.62%) were from the HIV-ART clinic and 7(1.55%) were found to be co-infected. Conclusion: A seroprevalence of 2.44% was reported with male predominance (58.35%) with the maximum number of affected population being in the age group of 41-60 years (54.71%). The co prevalence of HBsAg and HIV was found to be 1.55%
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Dr Shashi S Sharma
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