Epidemiological study of Hepatitis B surface antigen in pregnant women in Zahedan

authors:

avatar Batool Sharifi-Mood 1 , * , avatar Fatemeh kaikha 2 , avatar Esmail Sanei-Moghadam 3 , avatar Masoud Salehi 1 , avatar Roya Alavi-Naini 1 , avatar Maliheh Metanat 1 , avatar R Khademi 4

Tropical and Infectious Diseases Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.
South eastern Center of Blood transfusion Organization, Zahedan, Iran.
Ghods Hospital, Zahedan, Iran.
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences: Vol.7, issue 2; e94961
published online: June 11, 2005
article type: Research Article
received: November 18, 2004
accepted: May 30, 2005

how to cite: Sharifi-Mood B , kaikha F, Sanei-Moghadam E, Salehi M, Alavi-Naini R , et al. Epidemiological study of Hepatitis B surface antigen in pregnant women in Zahedan. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2005;7(2):e94961. 

Abstract

Background: Pregnant women who are infected with hepatitis B virus، can infect their children.
The risk that newborn infant will develop hepatitis B is 10 to 90%.The aim of this study was to
determine the prevalence of HBsAg in pregnant women in Zahedan.
Methods and Materials: In this cross sectional study in a time period of one month in Zahedan a
total cases of 200 pregnant women were enrolled in our study. The sera obtained from these
pregnant women were measured by ELISA method for HBsAg.
Results: Our data showed that 6.5% of the pregnant women had a positive test for HBsAg.
Conclusions: In summary, it seems that hepatitis B infection is highly endemic at least in
pregnant women in Zahedan. On the basis of this epidemiologic data, screening of all pregnant
women is necessary.

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