Risk of hepatitis C and G infection in different populations

  Objective   To investigate the HCV and HGV infection rate from the different populations and its route of transmission.

  Methods   Serum samples from the different populations were tested for anti-HCV and anti-HGV by ELISA.HCV-RNA and HGV-RNA was detected by FQ-PCR.

  Results   Anti-HCV positive rates for general crowd, clinical medical workers, pregnant women, hepatitis B patients and blood donors were 0.89%, 2.93%, 0.93%, 11.5% and 51.4%.Anti-HGV positive rates were 0.6%, 0, 2.5%, 9.3% and 14.3%.the rates of mother-to-infant transmission of HCV and HGV were 16.7% and 25%.The Anti-HCV positive rates for blood transfusion and no blood transfusion had extremely significant differences(χ²=7.72, P < 0.01).

  Conclusion   The high risk people of hepatitis C and G infection was blood transfusion.Mother-to-infant transmission and blood transfusion were major way of HCV and HGV infection.