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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2019

The prevalence of HBsAg, knowledge and practice of hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in the Limbe and Muyuka Health Districts of the South West region of Cameroon: a three-year retrospective study.

Esum Mathias Eyong, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Esemu Seraphine, Che Henry Ngwa, Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai, Cho Sebastine Anye, Gilbert Karngong Nfor, Samuel Nambile Cumber

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Esum Mathias EyongDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Brenda Mbouamba YankamDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Esemu SeraphineDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Che Henry NgwaDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Ngwayu Claude NkfusaiDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Cho Sebastine AnyeDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Gilbert Karngong NforDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Samuel Nambile CumberSection for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine (EPSO), the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
University of Buea · CMUniversity of the Free State · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionhepatitis B infection is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV is transmitted through sexual intercourse, by exchange of saliva during kissing and also to newborns of infected mothers. In the Global Burden of Diseases 2010, 786,000 deaths were attributed to HBV. Studies in Cameroon, reported the prevalence of HBV as high as 10.1% and 12% among blood donors in hospital blood banks. This study therefore, aims at determining the prevalence of HBsAg, knowledge and practices of pregnant women on HBV prevention and transmission in the Limbe Health District (LHD) and Muyuka Health District (MHD).

methodsANC registers were exploited from the health centers for a period of three years (2014-2016) in order to determine the prevalence of HBV infection. 270 women attending ANC were selected by exhaustive sampling. Knowledge and practices of participants on HBV prevention and transmission was assessed using a structured questionnaire.

resultsthe prevalence of HBV in the LHD and MHD were 5.7% and 7.5% respectively. Pregnant women in the LHD demonstrated good knowledge but adopted poor practices whereas in the MHD, pregnant women demonstrated poor knowledge and adopted poor practices regarding the mode of transmission and prevention of HBV infection. There was a significant association between the prevalence of HBsAg and marital status (p = 0.000) in the LHD and age (p = 0.022) in the MHD.

conclusionthis study indicated a high prevalence of HBV among pregnant women in the LHD and MHD, knowledge and practices were identified as potential risk factors.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdolescentAdultCameroonCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHepatitis BHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMiddle AgedPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusknowledgepracticepregnant womenprevalence

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