Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

A STUDY ON MEDICO–LEGAL AUTOPSY CASES WITH REGARDS TO VARIOUS STUDY VARIABLES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HEPATITIS–‘B’ SERO–POSITIVITY

Dr. M. Balaji Singh, Dr. M. Babu, Dr. P. Subba Reddy, Dr. K. Bhaskar Reddy

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<p> Background ; In the view of limited literature on mortuary based sero–epidemiological studies on viral infections, the present study is undertaken in order to understand the sero–prevalence of hepatitis B infection among medicolegal autopsy cases. The hepatitis–‘B’ virus is viable in blood, tissues, and body fluids for considerable periods after death of the infected person.The prevalence of hepatitis–‘B’ virus infection among media–legal autopsy cases was higher than cases examined by general duty doctor, as they constitute higher percentage of people with high risk behavior, i.e. truckers, migrant labors, commercial sex workers, vagabonds, intravenous drug users. They are more prone to expose to infectious diseases as well as unexplained violent unnatural deaths. Objectives: To study the socio demografic profile of medico legal autopsy casesand to focus on sero–prevalence of HBV infection among them. Material and methods: Blood samples were collected from 193 cadavers before commencement of autopsy. Each sample was subjected to screening test for hepatitis–B surface antigen (HBsAg) by rapid test method. Test results were observed, analyzed with regards to various study variables like age, sex, occupation, mode of death etc. Results: In this study overall sero–prevalence of hepatitis–B infection was 2.59%among medico–legal autopsy cases. Among sero positive cases a clear male preponderance over femalewas noted. Most commonly affected age group was above 30 years.Sero prevalence of hepatitis B infection was more among high risk occupational groups.</p>

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Dr. M.Balaji Singh, Dr.M.Babu, Dr.P.SubbaReddy, Dr.K.Bhaskar Reddy A Study on Medico-Legal Autopsy Cases with Regards to Various Study Variables, with Special Reference to Hepatitis-‘B¥ SeroPoisitiivity. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 7 July 2015

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