Seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus [HCV] infection in pregnant women attending public sector tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad Sindh

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Pakistan is among the countries having high prevalence of HCV infection in the population but there is dearth of proper epidemiological data regarding acquisition of HCV infection in the pregnant population. Our objective was to determine the seroprevalence of HCV antibodies in healthy pregnant women and to assess the potential risk factors for HCV infection in HCV positive subjects and in the control group