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The main purpose of this study was to summarize the prevalence of viral Hepatitis in India from peer-reviewed articles published from February 2000 to February 2021.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>MATERIALS AND METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a systematic search on Science Direct, Scopus, Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other open access journals. We evaluated all relevant papers that looked into the prevalence of viral Hepatitis systematically. Finally, 28 studies on viral Hepatitis published from February 2000 to February 2021 have been selected. These studies have been conducted across the northern, southern, central, eastern, and western regions of India.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-eight full-text publications were obtained and evaluated consisting of 45,608 research participants. Hepatitis A was found to range from 2.1% to 52.5%. Hepatitis B was found in a wide range of individuals, ranging from 0.87% to 21.4% of the population. Hepatitis C was found to range from 0.57% to 53.7%. The majority of the children were affected by hepatitis A, and 47.4% of third-trimester pregnant mothers were affected by hepatitis E. Diabetes, hospital admission, history of jaundice, history of surgeries, and heterosexual contact were the leading modes of acquiring HBV and HCV infections. 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