Higher Prevalence of HbsAg among Blood Donors at a Tertiary Care Center in Greater Gwalior: A 5years Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: Hepatitis B is a major health problem in India. Estimates indicate that annually over 100,000 Indians die due to illnesses related to HBV infection. HBV is reported to be responsible for 70% of chronic hepatitis cases and 80% of cirrhosis of liver cases. Aims and Objectives Present study is aimed to know the prevalence of HBV among the blood donors in greater Gwalior region. Materials & Methods Present study was carried out at Blood Bank, Gajra Raja Medical College Gwalior. A total of 79162 blood units collected from Voluntary and Replacement Donors over a period of five years (1st January 2012 to 31st December 2016) were screened for HBV and other Transfusion transmitted diseases via ELISA and card test kits. The HBV data was analyzed and compared statistically by frequency distribution and percentage proportion. Chi square (X2 ) test was applied to know the significant (p value) ratio of difference statistically. Results: Blood from 79162 apparently healthy donors aging 18-60 years was collected during the study period. Male to Female donor’s ratio was 91.53% and 8.47% (p= .000001) where 93.51% were Voluntary Blood donors and 6.49% were relative blood donors (p= .000001). Out of screened donors, 2448 (3. 09%) were reactive and 76714 (96.91%) were non-reactive for HBV. Prevalence of HBV in the study was 3.09% statistically significant (p= .000001). Yearly incidence of HBV was; in 2012 (3.39%), 2013 (3.05%), 2014 (2.84%), 2015 (3.19%) and 2016 (3.01%) statistically insignificant (p= 0.9996) Conclusions: A higher prevalence of HBV was reported in the study. It may be because of unsafe therapeutic injections in the rural catchment area of the Gwalior, illiteracy regarding medical health and vertical transmission from mother to baby. Health education is advised to prevent disease transmission and decrease the burden of the disease in the society.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Anita Arya, Mrs. Shaheen R. Quadri, Dr. Dharmesh Chandra Sharma, Dr. A. S. Tomar, Dr. Sachin Singhal, Dr. Jyoti Bindal, Dr. Bharat Jain
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