National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Hepatitis B is one of the major transfusion transmitted infections. It forms a serious health problem globally. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is significant health problem, as it can lead to chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatic carcinoma. Prevalence of Hepatitis B infection varies across the different geographical areas. Aim of this study was to determine the trend in Hepatitis-B virus infection in general population and to compare the prevalence with that of healthy blood donors. We collected 1 ml of blood samples with all aseptic precautions and tested by HEPALISA. Seroprevalence of HBsAg positive was 1.57% while in healthy donors it was 0.87 % and in this study majority of sero-positive donors were younger than 40 years. To reduce the prevalence of hepatitis, public awareness, educational and motivational programs, mass immunization programs and Pre-donation counseling help in decreasing the infection.
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