Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C antibodies and its co-infection with HIV in rural Cameroon.

Autor: Agbor VN; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. nvagbor@gmail.com., Tagny CT; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital (YUTH), Yaoundé, Cameroon., Kenmegne JB; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital (YUTH), Yaoundé, Cameroon., Awazi B; Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA), Yaoundé, Cameroon., Ngansop C; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital (YUTH), Yaoundé, Cameroon., Mbanya D; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital (YUTH), Yaoundé, Cameroon., Ndembi N; Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC research notes [BMC Res Notes] 2018 Jul 11; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 459. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 11.
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3566-4
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of the co-infection between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the prevalence of factors associated with HCV transmission in a rural Cameroonian community.
Results: The mean age of the 174 participants included in the study was 30.3 (standard deviation = 13.26) years (age range 12-77 years). the prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection was 1.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1-5.9]. The prevalence of HCV and HIV were 6.3% (95% CI 2.9-10.3) and 6.9 (95% CI 5.2-11.3), respectively. Histories of scarification (62.1%), multiple sex partners (31.0%) and sexually transmitted diseases (66.1%) were the most common risk factors of HCV transmission in this study.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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