Abstract:

During pregnancy, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV and syphilis can be transmitted vertically and horizontally from mother to baby. Therefore, pregnant women should be screened and necessary measures should be taken if detected. There is no information about the prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV and syphilis in the national and international literature about Trabzon Province. Our aim is to investigate the Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV and Syphilis positivity of the pregnant population in Trabzon, the largest city of the Eastern Black Sea Region. The study was planned as a retrospective file research. Pregnant women who received outpatient or inpatient treatment in our clinic between January 2016 and December 2018 were included. Age, gravida, BMI, gestational week, history, HBsAg, anti HBs, anti HCV, anti HIV and RPR positivity were obtained from the file scan. The data were transferred to the SPSS environment, mean values were calculated according to age groups and a chi-square test was applied. Files of 10449 pregnant women were reached. The mean age was 27.65±5.36, BMI 26.9±4.23 kg/m2, gravida was 2.3±0.21, and the mean week of gestation was 24.12±3.54. HBsAg + rate was 3.8%, anti HBs rate 49.5%, anti HCV+ rate 0.09%, RPR rate 0.19%, anti HIV rate 0.09%, and confirmation test positivity rate of pregnant women who were positive for anti HIV was 0.02%. Anti HBs positivity was found to be 75.9% in the 18-25 age range, and this difference was significant (p <0.05). Anti HBs positivity was found to be significantly higher in the 18-25 age group compared to other age groups. seropositive pregnant women in Trabzon in Turkey is similar to literature.

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