Hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Central-Western Brazil, 2005-2007 |
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Authors: | Pinto Clarice Souza Martins Regina Maria Bringel Andrade Sonia Maria Oliveira de Stief Alcione Cavalheiro Faro Oliveira Roberto Dias de Castro Ana Rita Coimbra Motta de |
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Institution: | Programa Estadual de DST/Aids e Hepatites Virais, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil. |
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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 Prote??o 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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