SEROPREVALENCE OF INFECTION BY HEPATITIS VIRUSES B AND C IN BLOOD DONNORS FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OF RIO DE JANEIRO STATE.

• Main Author: Motté, Marcos Oliosi
• Publication Date: 2018
• Other Authors: Lopes, Ana Carolina de Souza, de Mello, Caio Lima, Renon, Talles Falqueto, Carneiro, Rodrigo da Costa, Freitas, Nélio Artiles
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• DOI: 10.29184/1980-7813.rcfmc.195.vol.13.n1.2018
• Download full: https://www.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/195
• topic: hepatite B; hepatite C; prevalência; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; prevalence

Introduction: Due to the frequent absence of symptons in its acute stage, most part of viral hepatitis diagnosis are done inadvertently through blood donations or pre-surgical triage. Goal: Original in the state´s northern region, the study defined the Hepatitis B and C´s seroprevalence among blood donors from Ferreira Machado´s hospital blood donor center. Metodology: It is an analytical cross-sectional study done through an analysis of Ferreira Machado´s blood center donors data from 2004 to 2015. The markers analyzed were anti-HBc and anti-HCV (IgG and total). Results: A total of 86.815 samples were analyzed. Among them, 54.585 (62.9%) were male and 32.230 female. The anti-HBc positive prevalence was 2.86% (2488), having the most prevailing anti-HBc positive from 40 to 49 years old (25.76%, p<0.0001). In regard to anti-HCV, the prevalence was 0.67% (581), having an affected age group from 30 to 39 years old (38%, p<0.0001). The seropositivity  prevalence for the anti-HBc and anti-HCV markers was higher among men (74,1% and 70.6%, respectively). Conclusion: When compared to the hepatitis prevalences among the selected triennium  (2004-6, 2007-9, 2010-12 and 2013-15), we noticed a national average, the northern region shows a low positivity to the anti-HCV and compatible numbers to the other regions of the country in regard to the anti-HBc.