Background: Prisons are known to be high-risk environments for the spread of bloodborne and sexually transmitted infections. Prison officers are considered to have an intermittent exposure potential to bloodborne infectious diseases on the job, however there has been no studies on the prevalence of these infections in prison officers in Ghana.

SummaryExisting tuberculosis diagnostics fail to distinguish active tuberculosis from latent or cured disease. Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase, an interferon γ–inducible enzyme, is a blood-based tuberculosis biomarker that performed with high accuracy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Background: Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are prevalent in Africa, but less common elsewhere and the modes of transmission are still subject to debate. Generally, they rarely cause disease in the immunocompetent host but are highly oncogenic when associated with immunosuppression. Although the high prevalence of HHV-8, CMV and EBV has been well documented in Africa, such data are sparse from Ghana.

Consistent with similar studies worldwide, the results of our studies revealed a high prevalence of HEV infection in pregnant women.