Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C virus infections among pregnant women attending antenatal care in a secondary health facility in Northern Nigeria
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Objective: Viral hepatitis is a major global public health challenge with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C (HCV), particularly leading to chronic diseases in several millions of people together they are the most common cause liver cirrhosis, cancer deaths related viral hepatitis. They can be spread by mother-to-child transmission at birth. Despite significant burden it places on pregnant women their infants, infection has been given little attention Nigeria some low- middle-income countries, routine screening during antennal care not done for women. This study assessed seroprevalence infections among Methods: The was cross-sectional involving three-year retrospective review laboratory results who accessed antenatal facility. Data extraction manually from facility registers analyses were using IBM SPSS. Results: Laboratory HBV HCV 706 reviewed. 11.6% 6.5% respectively while 18.1%. Conclusion: high this further supports importance adopting best practices prevent via transmission. We, therefore, re-emphasize as investigations
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Babcock University Medical Journal
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2756-4657', '2465-6666']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38029/babcockuniv.med.j..v6i1.171