International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development

Authors
Sridhar Govindaswamy, Raja Danasekaran, Niveditha

Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the major global health problems. As per World Health Organization (WHO) 600,000 people die every year due to HBV infection (ref1) The prevalence of HBV infection in India varies from 1-13% with an average of 4-7%.The average estimated carrier status of HBV in India is 4% with a total pool approximately 36 million carriers. Wide variation in socio-economic status and health factors in different regions explain variation in carrier rates from one part of the country to another.