Hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Central-Western Brazil, 2005-2007.
Rev Saude Publica
; 45(5): 974-6, 2011 Oct.
Article
en En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21829975
ABSTRACT
The study was aimed at estimating the prevalence of infection with and the genotype of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and to determine the extent of underreporting of HCV cases. A total of 115,386 pregnant women seen by the Program for Protection of Pregnancy [Programa Estadual de Proteção à Gestante] of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central-Western Brazil, were tested for anti-HCV antibodies between 2005 and 2007. Prevalence of HCV infection was 1.07 cases per thousand. Positive samples were tested for HCV RNA and genotyped. Genotype 1 was detected in 73% of samples, genotype 3 in 24.3%, and genotype 2 in 2.7%. Underreporting of hepatitis C cases was 35.5%.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo
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Hepatitis C
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Año:
2011
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Article