TY - JOUR AU - Rana, Gule AU - Akmal, Noreen AU - Akhtar, Naseem PY - 2016/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Prevalence of hepatitis B in pregnant females JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v12i2.911 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/911 SP - AB - <p>Hepatitis B during pregnancy is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. A study was conducted on 1000 pregnant females at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to find out the prevalence of Hepatitis B in pregnant females. 18 (1.8%) were found to be hepatitis B surface antigen positive thus showing a high prevalence rate for this disease in the study population.</p> ER -