Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen in hospital based population of Jaipur, Rajasthan
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Hepatitis B infection is one of world’s major infectious diseases with about 350 million chronic carriers. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in any country provides significant information to the program mangers and health planers to control and manage the infection. As very few data is published on the seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in Jaipur, Rajasthan. So this article evaluates the available data from 2 years to estimate the prevalence of the infection. Objective: The study was conducted to know seroprevalence of HBV infection in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Methodology: The study population comprise of 74787 patients from SMS Hospital Jaipur, Rajasthan. Screening of HBsAg was performed by using ELISA kit (Sandwich ELISA) and seropositivity was calculated and stratified by sex and age. Statistical analysis was performed using chi-square test. Results: Out of 74787 sera which were studied, 3092(4.13%) were seropositive cases. Among positive cases, the seroprevalence in males and females were 4.7% (2297) and 2.9% (795) respectively. The frequency of HBV among age group 0-20, 21-40, 41-60 and > 60 was 9.21% (285), 40.39% (1249), 34.79% (1076) and 15.58% (482) respectively. Among the positive cases, male preponderance (p< 0.001) was seen and majority were in the age group of 21 to 40 years. Conclusion: Seroprevalence of HBsAg was found in the national average of 2-7%. This study highlights HBV infection rate in the community in the part of India.
Authors and Affiliations
Veena Kanodia, Manju Yadav, Rameshwari Bittu, R K Maheshwari, S K Singh
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