Manal Hamdy El-Sayed
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Fatma Soliman Elsayed Ebeid
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Aya Mostafa Kamal El-Din
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Rania Hassan Mostafa
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Belal Khaled Abd El-Monem Mohammed
Abstract
Background
The World Health Organization (WHO) has an ambitious plan to eliminate HCV by 2030. This new approach was fueled by increased appreciation of the global morbidity and mortality caused by hepatitis C, and the remarkable recent treatment developments.
Objectives
To assess the mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus in Egyptian pregnant women to inform on screening policies and strategy development. To measure prevelance of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women
Methods
The current study was conducted to six thousand and seven hundred and thirty four (6734) women delivered in El Demerdash Maternity Hospital in the period from January 2018 till June 2018. Collection of detailed data from Patients files and divided them into non screened and screened by antibodies and who do PCR for HCV and data of their neonatal outcome
Results
Comparison according to HCV PCR regarding labor characteristics show that cases with positive HCV PCR significantly had more frequent CS. Logistic regression for risk factors for HCV PCR among the studied cases show that only Previous hospitalization and previous transfusion were significant risk factors for positive HCV PCR.
Conclusion
Previous hospitalization and previous transfusion were significant risk factors for positive HCV PCR. Pregnants with positive HCV PCR significantly had more lower hemoglobin than non-infected pregnant one and previous abortion and hospitalization may play a role in that.
Risk Factors for Mother to Child Transmission of Hepatitis C (HCV): A Prospective Observational Study
