Seroprevalence of Anti-HCV Antibodies In HIV Positive Persons At G.G. Hospital Jamnagar
Seroprevalence Of Anti-HCV Antibodies In HIV Positive Persons
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v3i2.2015Keywords:
HIV, Anti HCV antibodyAbstract
Objective: Hepatitis is a major public health problem throughout the world affecting several hundred million of people. Aim is to study incidence of HIV seropositivity in blood donors and suspected patients attending voluntary council and testing centre and to compare prevalence of Anti HCV antibody positivity in HIV seropositive samples. Material and Methods: A total of 1786 serum samples were tested for HIV antibodies in patients attending Voluntary Council and Testing Centre (VCTC) at Guru Govind Singh Hospital, Jamnagar. The serum sample of HIV seropositive patients were tested for HCV antibodies. Those serum samples found positive for Anti-HCV antibody were reconfirmed by Signal HCV method. Out of total 1786 samples for HIV 297 patients were positive (16.63%) for HIV and 1489 patients were negative (83.37%) for HIV. Discussion: As the hepatitis C virus has capacity to induce chronicity that leads to cirrhosis and liver cancer in long term. In the absence of vaccine and effective chemotherapy, screening of more and more serum samples is the only way to prevent post transfusion hepatitis C virus infection
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