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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 |
This study was done at SIMS and PG Research Centre, Hyderabad. The aim of the study is to find out the incidence of Hepatitis B surface antigen in antenatal women of SIMS during the period of 23 months from January 1st 2015 to November 2016. A total of 7096 antenatal women were tested for HBs Ag. out of these 57 pregnant women were found to be positive for Hbs Ag (0.79%). In pregnancy, Hepatitis B infection with complications to the pregnant women and has the risk of transmission to the baby; which makes it mandatory to screen all antenatal women and their pregnancy should be managed properly and for the newborn immunoprophylaxis is to be given.