1149High prevalence of Hepatitis B infection among pregnant mothers attending Antenatal clinics in Hospitals in Gulu District, Northern Uganda
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attending Antenatal clinics in Hospitals in Gulu District, Northern Uganda Pontius Bayo, MBChB, MMed(OBSGYN); Emmanuel Ochola, MBChB, MSc; Caroline Oleo, MBChB; Amos D Mwaka, MD, MMed(Medicine); Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu, Uganda; HIV, Research and Documentation, St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Gulu, Uganda; Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gulu Univesity Medical School, Gulu, Uganda; Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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High prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care: a cross-sectional study in two hospitals in northern Uganda
OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of the hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positivity among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in two referral hospitals in northern Uganda. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING Two tertiary hospitals in a postconflict region in a low-income country. PARTICIPANTS Randomly selected 402 pregnant wom...
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