title: Hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Central-Western Brazil, 2005-2007.
abstract: The study was aimed at estimating the prevalence of infection with and the genotype of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and to determine the extent of underreporting of HCV cases. A total of 115,386 pregnant women seen by the Program for Protection of Pregnancy [Programa Estadual de Proteção à Gestante] of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central-Western Brazil, were tested for anti-HCV antibodies between 2005 and 2007. Prevalence of HCV infection was 1.07 cases per thousand. Positive samples were tested for HCV RNA and genotyped. Genotype 1 was detected in 73% of samples, genotype 3 in 24.3%, and genotype 2 in 2.7%. Underreporting of hepatitis C cases was 35.5%.
authors.affiliation: Programa Estadual de DST/Aids e Hepatites Virais, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Clarice Souza
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Regina Maria Bringel
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Sonia Maria Oliveira de
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Alcione Cavalheiro Faro
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Stief
authors.forename: Roberto Dias de
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Ana Rita Coimbra Motta de
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies