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ArticlePublic health challenges2025

Hepatitis B Infection in Outpatients and Pregnant Women Visiting a Mission Hospital in Ghana.

Margaret Addo, Sule Apaame, Michael Abbey Ghanney, Hannah Konadu Adu, Michael E DeWitt, Seth Offei Addo

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Margaret AddoGbawe Seventh Day Adventist Hospital Gbawe Ghana.
Sule ApaameGbawe Seventh Day Adventist Hospital Gbawe Ghana.
Michael Abbey GhanneyGbawe Seventh Day Adventist Hospital Gbawe Ghana.
Hannah Konadu AduGbawe Seventh Day Adventist Hospital Gbawe Ghana.
Michael E DeWittDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Infectious Diseases Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem North Carolina USA.
Seth Offei AddoParasitology Department Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Accra Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-4504

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Abstract

Millions of individuals worldwide suffer from hepatitis B, a serious, potentially fatal liver infection brought on by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Although vaccines are available for HBV, infections continue to persist in Ghana. This study reports the prevalence of HBV infections in outpatients and pregnant women attending antenatal care at the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Hospital in Gbawe, Ghana. This retrospective cohort study involved the review of de-identified medical records of outpatients and pregnant women who visited the hospital between 2022 and 2024. Data on their HBV infection status, sex and age were analysed using R version 4.4.1. A total of 531 outpatients and 768 pregnant women visited the hospital during the study period. The prevalence of HBV infection was 7.5% in outpatients and 3.9% in pregnant women. It was observed that outpatients were more likely to be hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive (OR = 2.0, 95%CI = 1.24-3.28,

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Ghana | hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection | outpatients | pregnant women

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PMCPMC12166552

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