Title |
Infecção pelo vírus da hepatite C em gestantes em Mato Grosso do Sul, 2005-2007
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Published in |
Revista de Saúde Pública, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1590/s0034-89102011005000053 |
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Authors |
Clarice Souza Pinto, Regina Maria Bringel Martins, Sonia Maria Oliveira de Andrade, Alcione Cavalheiro Faro Stief, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta de Castro |
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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