SERO PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) INFECTION IN PREGNANT WOMEN OF DISTRICT BANNU KP, PAKISTAN

Lack of proper blood screening facilities in district Bannu and the lack of awareness about the possible routes of transmission of HBV are contributing a great deal toward the spread of infection among the pregnant women. The HBV in pregnant women mainly affect the pregnancy leading to spontaneous a...

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Published in:FUUAST jounral of biology 2021-12, Vol.11 (2), p.145-149
Main Authors: Hira, Awan, Zia Ur Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Birth weight
Blood & organ donations
Developing countries
Genotype & phenotype
Health facilities
Hepatitis B
Infections
LDCs
Liver cancer
Liver cirrhosis
Low-birth-weight
Medical research
Pregnancy
Surgery
Tattoos
Urban areas
Uterus
Viruses
Womens health
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Summary:Lack of proper blood screening facilities in district Bannu and the lack of awareness about the possible routes of transmission of HBV are contributing a great deal toward the spread of infection among the pregnant women. The HBV in pregnant women mainly affect the pregnancy leading to spontaneous abortion, premature delivery, intra uterine growth restriction, and low birth weight infants (Aba et al., 2016). According to the recent research Pakistan becomes at high risk of HBV among the developing countries of world. According to the study, 3 pregnant women (2.3%) were of age between 20-25 years, 18 pregnant women (10.5%) were of age between 26-30 years, 6 pregnant women (8%) were of aged between 31-35 years, 30 pregnant women (17.2%) were of age between 36-40 years, 9 pregnant women (15%) were of age between 41-45 years, 3 pregnant women (11.11%) were of age between 4650 years and no pregnant women was detected in age less than 20 years.
ISSN:2222-0356
2616-8758