Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Carriage Among Blood Donors in Ziguinchor, Senegal: Prevalence and Associated Factors
| Autor: | Diatta A, Kayimba C, Benzekri Na, Kante O, Diarra Bb, Noel Magloire Manga, Diallo K |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Hepatitis B virus
medicine.medical_specialty HBsAg Hepatitis B virus surface Antigen business.industry 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Retrospective cohort study Omics medicine.disease_cause Virus West africa 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Carriage Internal medicine Immunology medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy. |
| ISSN: | 2332-0877 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Hepatitis B virus is endemic in Senegal, West Africa, however the prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) carriage in Ziguinchor, Senegal is unknown. This study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of HBsAg carriage among blood donors in Ziguinchor and to identify factors associated with HBsAg carriage. Methodology: A retrospective study was conducted in the blood donation unit of the Ziguinchor Regional Hospital in 2013. Screening for HBsAg was performed with kits from Rapid Signal TM HBsAg Serum/Plasma Dipstrip (Orgenics ltd Israel). Results: A total of 2122 donors were included in this study, of which 1715 (80.8%) were male and 407 (19.2%) were female. The overall prevalence of HBsAg carriage among all donors was 12.1% (n=256). Carriage was higher among male donors, (n=223, 13%) compared to female donors (n=33, 8.1%) (p=0.04). Carriage was lower among regular voluntary donors (n=24, 5.8%) compared to new voluntary donors (n=101, 14.1%) and replacement donors (n=131, 13.2%) (p |
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