Bhattacharya S, Badrinath S, Hamide A, Sujatha S
Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry - 605 006, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2003 Jan-Mar;21(1):43-5.
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) among hospital based general population was determined using a third generation ELISA. The study population comprised of 661 individuals (including 36 health care workers) attending a tertiary care hospital in Pondicherry, south India. The overall seroprevalence was found to be 4.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]=3.2-6.4%). The seroprevalence in males and females was 5.9% (95% CI=3.5-8.3%) and 3.3% (95% CI= 1.2-5.4%) respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in the proportion of individuals who were positive in case of males and females (p>0.05). None of the health care workers tested positive for antibodies to HCV.
采用第三代酶联免疫吸附测定法(ELISA)测定了印度南部本地治里一家三级医院中普通人群的丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)血清流行率。研究人群包括661名在该医院就诊的个体(其中36名是医护人员)。总体血清流行率为4.8%(95%置信区间[CI]=3.2 - 6.4%)。男性和女性的血清流行率分别为5.9%(95% CI=3.5 - 8.3%)和3.3%(95% CI=1.2 - 5.4%)。男性和女性中HCV抗体阳性个体的比例无统计学显著差异(p>0.05)。没有医护人员的HCV抗体检测呈阳性。