ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2018
Seroprevalence of Malaria and Hepatitis B Coinfection among Pregnant Women in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Prevalence of and risk factors for Plasmodium spp. co-infection with hepatitis B virus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Malaria journal · 2020Pooled it
- Prevalence of viral hepatitis B in Ghana between 2015 and 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Prevalence of malaria and hepatitis B among pregnant women in Northern Ghana: Comparing RDTs with PCR.PloS one · 2019Trial
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- Co-infections and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in Ghana: A facility-based cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella typhi, Plasmodium falciparum, and Toxoplasma gondii infections and levels of liver function markers among Hepatitis B Virus infected Ghanaians: A cross-sectional study in the Greater Accra Region.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Malaria and associated factors among pregnant women in Sekyere East District Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus serological markers among pregnant women in Africa, 1984-2020.World journal of critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Co-Occurrence of G6PD Deficiency and SCT among Pregnant Women Exposed to Infectious Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Serum Metabolome Signatures Characterizing Co-Infection ofDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Trend change in delayed first antenatal care visit among reproductive-aged women in Ethiopia: multivariate decomposition analysis.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Protozoan co-infections and parasite influence on the efficacy of vaccines against bacterial and viral pathogens.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Its Associated Factors Among Blood Donors in Yemen.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2021Article
- Hepatitis B and Asymptomatic Malaria Infection among Pregnant Women in a Semiurban Community of North-Central Nigeria.Journal of environmental and public health · 2021Article
- Individual, Household, and Contextual Factors Influencing the Timing of the First Antenatal Care Attendance in Northwest Ethiopia: A Two-Level Binary Logistic Regression Analysis.International journal of women's health · 2020Article
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among pregnant women at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoinfections are becoming common risk factors that may contribute to the increased burden of morbidity in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of coinfections of malaria, hepatitis B (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and syphilis among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics (ANC) in the Tamale Metropolis.
methodsBy means of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), pregnant women attending the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) were screened for malaria, HBV infection, HIV infection, and syphilis from March 2013 to February 2015. Haemoglobin (Hb) values, sickling, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd) statuses were also assessed using full blood count (FBC), sodium metabisulphite, and methaemoglobin reduction tests, respectively. Logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate the risks/odds ratios (ORs) for the coinfections and other variables (age, gravidity, and time of the first ANC visit) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and set
resultsWithin the two-year study period, data were collected from 3,127 pregnant women. The mean age (SD) of the pregnant women was 28.5 (±5.0) years. Of the total number, seroprevalence was high for malaria (11.6%) and HBV infection (4.2%) and low for HIV infection (1.0%) and syphilis (0.4%) monoinfections. Mal/HBV coinfection was higher (0.7%) when compared with Mal/HIV (0.1%), Mal/syphilis (0.0%), HBV/HIV (0.0%), HBV/syphilis (0.1%), and HIV/syphilis (0.0%) coinfections. The mean Hb (g/dl) for the women with the four monoinfections was significantly different from one another (
conclusionA comparatively high seroprevalence of malaria and its coinfection with HBV in pregnant women was observed in this study. Considering the effects that both malaria and HBV have on the liver, it would be expedient to conduct further studies to assess liver function among malaria/HBV-infected individuals, while interventions to prevent coinfections among pregnant women are intensified.
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