Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pradip Bhaumik
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Bhaumik P. Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2015; 5 (1):34-36.
Diverse Indian population provides an excellent opportunity to study the prevalence and feature
of hepatitis virus for understanding viral evaluation and viral pathogenesis. India is in intermediate
zone of pathogenesis of hepatitis B (2-5%), and India is having around 40 million hepatitis B virus
(HBV) carriers. A wide variation in prevalence of hepatitis B is observed from region to region and
community to community. The prevalence of HBV is higher among tribal population, than nontribal.
Population prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in India is 1%. Prevalence study among
blood donors may reflect population prevalence. Hemodialysis increases the possibility of blood
borne viral infection. Higher prevalence of HBV among tribal population is of paramount importance
from public health point of view and hepatitis B vaccination.
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