Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant Turkish women and their families |
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| Authors: | U. Kuru O. Turan N. Kuru Z. Saglam Y. Ceylan M. Nurluoglu A. Agacfidan |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pediatrics, Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital of the Social Insurance Foundation, 34720 Bakirköy, Istanbul, Turkey;(2) Department of Gynecology, Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital of the Social Insurance Foundation, 34720 Bakirköy, Istanbul, Turkey;(3) Department of Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 34390 Capa, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | A total of 5,366 pregnant Turkish women were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 225 (4.2%) of them were found to be positive. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) was detected in 6.2% of HBsAg-positive pregnant women. The overall prevalence of HBsAg and antibody to HBsAg (anti-HBs) among the spouses, previous children, mothers and first degree relatives of the HBsAg-positive pregnant women was 56%, 49%, 79% and 74% respectively. The prevalence of HBsAg is thus high in pregnant Turkish women with familial clustering of hepatitis B virus infection. |
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