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ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2023

Prevalence of viral hepatitis infection in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dhasarathi Kumar, Roshni M Peter, Alex Joseph, Kalpana Kosalram, Harpreet Kaur

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Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dhasarathi KumarResearch Scholar, School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Roshni M PeterDepartment of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College and Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Alex JosephDivision of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kalpana KosalramDivision of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Harpreet KaurScientist F, ICMR Headquarters, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tribal Health Research, New Delhi, India.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology · INNational Institute for Research in Tribal Health · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNowadays, Viral Hepatitis can be comparable to the big three communicable diseases: tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malarial infections. The main purpose of this study was to summarize the prevalence of viral Hepatitis in India from peer-reviewed articles published from February 2000 to February 2021. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe conducted a systematic search on Science Direct, Scopus, Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other open access journals. We evaluated all relevant papers that looked into the prevalence of viral Hepatitis systematically. Finally, 28 studies on viral Hepatitis published from February 2000 to February 2021 have been selected. These studies have been conducted across the northern, southern, central, eastern, and western regions of India.

resultsTwenty-eight full-text publications were obtained and evaluated consisting of 45,608 research participants. Hepatitis A was found to range from 2.1% to 52.5%. Hepatitis B was found in a wide range of individuals, ranging from 0.87% to 21.4% of the population. Hepatitis C was found to range from 0.57% to 53.7%. The majority of the children were affected by hepatitis A, and 47.4% of third-trimester pregnant mothers were affected by hepatitis E. Diabetes, hospital admission, history of jaundice, history of surgeries, and heterosexual contact were the leading modes of acquiring HBV and HCV infections. As a result of its great magnitude, this disease poses a severe threat to the national healthcare system.

conclusionEffective public health measures are urgently needed to minimize the burden of viral Hepatitis and eliminate the disease.

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Hepatitismagnitudemeta-analysissystematic reviewviral infection

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