Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among blood donors of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand

Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies among indoor patients and blood donors attending a tertiary care hospital in North India

“…Moreover, the differences in the testing methodology employed and the extent of its regulation may also have been the factors contributing to the observed differences. 24,25 In our study, more reactives were replacement donors (1.2%) as compared to voluntary donors (1.1%) and all the seropositives were males. This is similar to other studies which also showed higher seropositivity among replacement donors (1.18%) as compared to voluntary donors (0.27%), and more seropositivity among male donors (0.38%) as compared to female donors (0.36%).…”

Burden of HCV infection among pregnant women with assessment of risk factors and pregnancy outcome in HCV infected: A hospital based study from Uttarakhand

“…However, there is little research regarding the impact of HCV on pregnancy outcome. Though studies regarding seroprevalence patterns of HCV among blood donors have been undertaken in Uttarakhand in the past where seroprevalence was found to be 0.64% in Kumaon region (11) and 0.20% in Garhwal region (12) , but those on the estimates of seroprevalence patterns and risk factors among pregnant women and impact of HCV infection on pregnancy outcome are yet to be done in Uttarakhand. Therefore, this hospital based study was aimed to evaluate the burden and impact of HCV infection among pregnant women admitted for delivery in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Dr. Sushila Tiwari Government hospital and Government Medical College, Haldwani.…”

Mucor-culture/molecular analysis necessary for identification

“…[3] The fi ndings in the case report included involvement of subcutaneous site and presence of eosinophilic granuloma that is Splendore Hoeppli phenomenon. [5] Though the patient Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology S164 vol. [2] Response to fl uconazole therapy has been described before for Entomophthorales [4] whereas resistance has been reported consistently against Mucorales.…”

“…Similarly, the remaining three HCV-3b isolates from Uttarakhand also clustered with Canadian HCV-3b isolates with more than 86% identity at nucleotide level for all isolates [ Figure 1]. [5] USN is largely inhabited by the Sikh community, where many people are found to be associated in some form of working or visiting Canada. In our previous study from this region on blood donors, signifi cantly higher HCV seropositivity was seen among the Sikh population from the USN district.…”

“…[5] USN is largely inhabited by the Sikh community, where many people are found to be associated in some form of working or visiting Canada. In our previous study from this region on blood donors, signifi cantly higher HCV seropositivity was seen among the Sikh population from the USN district.…”