Hailay Abrha, Fikru Debebe, Sahlu Asegid

Sero-prevalence of HBSAg and Factors among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia

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Produktbeschreibung

Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the sero-prevalence and associated factors of HBSAg among Pregnant Women attending antenatal care clinic in Jijiga town public Health facilities, Somali Regional State. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in the antenatal care clinics of Karmara Hospital and JIjiga Health Center from September26 to October 26/2013. Blood specimens were collected for detection of hepatitis B virus surface antigen from 222 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics of both health facilities. Bivarate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were employed and P-value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: A total of 4.5% of the pregnant women were reactive for HBsAg. Among the various factors affecting HBsAg sero-positivity, history of hospitalization and pregnant women that had dental procedure were found as independent predictors. Conclusion: The prevalence were intermediate endemicity and thus, routine screening of pregnant women for HBV infection and improving aseptic techniques in health facilities is needed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 107g
• ISBN-13: 9783659582196
• ISBN-10: 3659582190
• Artikelnr.: 41568424

Autorenporträt

Hailay Abrha is a Lecturer and researcher at Department of Epidemiology in Jimma University, is a second author of this research. He is working researches on chronic illnesses with special focus on HIV care. Mr. Haily Abrha has many publications on the area and others.