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Item Open Access SEROPREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRAL INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN SOBI SPECIALIST HOSPITAL ILORIN, NIGERIA(Department Of Science And Laboratory Technology, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2016-04-09) Kolawole, O. M.; Adeyemi, J. O.; Anibijuwon, I. A.; Musa, A. S.Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is an infection of the liver. This study aimed at determining the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of HCV among pregnant women in Sobi Specialist Hospital Ilorin, Nigeria. Sera samples were obtained from 200 pregnant women were tested for the presence of antibodies to HCV using serological diagnosis. The biodata of the respondents were obtained using questionnaires. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 16.0. Out of the 200 pregnant women tested, 5(2.5%) of them had anti-HCV antibodies positivity. Pregnant women in the age group 30-34 years had the highest HCV prevalence rate of 21.4% (p=0.651). Socio-demographic characteristics were not significant for family type (p=0.892), marital status (p=0.687), occupation (p=0.706) and education (p=0.355). The results by risk factors were not significant among those that reported circumcision (p=0.298), blood transfusion (p=0.079), and combination of factors (p=0.351), but significant among subjects who reported history of surgery (p=0.001). Measures such as counseling, implementation and routine screening of blood before transfusion should be considered in Sobi Specialist Hospital Ilorin, Nigeria. It is highly recommended that pregnant women should be screened for HCV infection as part of the antenatal care.