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Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B infection among blood donors in a secondary care hospital, Ghana (2014): a retrospective analysis.
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- Low Genetic Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Gene amongst Australian Blood Donors.Viruses · 2021Article
- Knowledge, attitude and seropositivity of hepatitis B virus among blood donors in the Bamenda Regional Hospital Blood Bank, Cameroon.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection Among a Population of Blood Donors in the Kpandai District of Northern Ghana: A Five-Year Retrospective Study from 2014 to 2018.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Incidence and mortality of cancer in the Volta Region of Ghana.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Among Blood Donors in Nekemte Blood Bank, Western Oromia, Ethiopia: Retrospective 5 Years Study.Journal of blood medicine · 2020Article
- Hepatitis B Knowledge, Testing, and Vaccination History among Undergraduate Public Health Students in Ghana.BioMed research international · 2019Article
- Sero-prevalence of transfusion-transmittable infections and associated factors among blood donors in Eastern Ethiopia: an Institutional-based cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of transfusion associated hepatitis B virus infection varies across different geographical populations. Establishing the sero-prevalence of the disease is important to informing the direction of preventive and control strategies. We sought to estimate the sero-prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among blood donors in Ho Municipal Hospital, Ghana.
methodsThis was a retrospective study which involved reviewing of blood donation records for the year 2014 in Ho Municipal Hospital. The records were analysed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus among blood donors. Data analysis was done using STATA statistical package.
resultsA total of 576 blood donors were screened in 2014, out of which 520 (90%) were males and the rest females. The overall sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus was 7.5% (95% CI 5.6-9.9%). The prevalence was highest (8.9%; 95% CI 5.6-14.0) among donors between 30 and 39 years old and among females (14.3%; 95% CI 7.4-25.7). Females were about 2.5 times more likely to be HBsAg positive compared with males (p < 0.05).
conclusionsThe findings suggest that the study region is of intermediate to high endemicity with hepatitis B infection. Generally, females are more likely to be HBsAg positive than males. Planning more extensive screening and vaccination campaigns and educational programmes would help reduce the transmission of the infection among the general population.
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