Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in pregnant Sudanese women

Abstract

Background: The epidemiology of viral hepatitis during pregnancy is essential for health planners and programme managers. While much data exist concerning viral hepatitis during pregnancy in many African countries, no proper published data are available in Sudan.

Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seropositivity among Pregnant Women in Kigali, Rwanda: A Cross Sectional Study

“…Contrary to the other studies [5,12,14,26,33,37,[47][48][49], older age, gravida two or more, increasing parity, a history of blood transfusion, history of tattooing, previous surgical procures, higher number of sexual partners, polygamy and history of previous STIs did not show any statistically significant correlations with HBsAg positivity in this study.…”

“…The Middle East, some Eastern European countries and the Mediterranean basin are considered areas of intermediate endemicity with a carrier rate between 2% and 8% [3]. Globally, perinatal HBV transmission accounts for an estimated 21% of HBV-related deaths, while regionally it ranges from 13% in the Eastern Mediterranean region to 26% in the Western Pacific region [5].…”

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C seropositivity in pregnant women

“…In a study conducted in Sudan with 728 pregnant women, about 5% were HBsAg and less than 1%, HCV-positive, none of the risk factors (16) .…”

Status of Hepatitis B, C, E and a in Healthy Asymptomatic Persons and Child Bearing Age Groups Females in Varanasi, U.P., India

“…In screening 129 samples of Kumbh Mela we did not find any Anti HCV positivity whereas in screening of surgical patients showed total HCV positivity was 0.38% which included 0.31% of male and 0.49% in females. Like us, a study [14] showedlow prevalence of hepatitis C virus carrier in pregnant Sudanese women (0.6%), whereas in India it is 0.4% [11] to 0.5% [10] .…”

“…Different workers have also reported increased prevalence of HBsAg in pregnant females. In Sudan 5.6% pregnant women are hepatitis B positive [14] . In Ghana the positivity of HBsAg in pregnant females was very high (15.5%) [15] .…”