Mehreen Jadoon, Iram Sarwar, Sadia Habib, Sumbul Gul, Zahida Parveen.
Viral Hepatitis among Pregnant Womens; Prevalence, a Cross Sectional study at Tertiary Crane Hospital, Pakistan.
Professional Med J Jan ;25(4):480-3.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B and C virus infection and various etiological factors associated with it among pregnant females. Study Design: cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: It was done at Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology from 1ST Jan 2016 to 31st December 2016. Methodology: A total of 474 pregnant females of age between 15-45 years were included in the study through consecutive sampling. Blood samples were sent for HBsAg and HCV for examination through ELISA. Samples were analyzed by the pathologist with >5 years clinical experience. All data were analyzed using SPSS version 17. Results: A total of 3.4% and 7.5% of the primigravida pregnant women studied were hepatitis B and C sero-positive. Conclusion: The need to institute public health measures to reduce disease burden and transmission, including routine screening of all pregnant mothers for HBV and HCV infections.

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