2015
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.163283
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women at the antenatal booking clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos Nigeria

Abstract: The sero-prevalence rate of HBV infection and also its infectivity is high in Lagos, Nigeria. These findings thus support the need for a nationwide policy of routine and widespread HBV screening among pregnant women.

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“…The odds of having HBsAg was 6 times higher among pregnant women who had a history of multiple sexual partners compared to their counterparts. This finding is consistent with previous study reports from Legos, Nigeria, 53 Dawuro, Southern Ethiopia 26 and Yirgalem Hospital. 38 The possible justification could be due to the fact that HBV might be found in blood, semen and other body fluids that are exchanged during sexual contact.…”
supporting
confidence: 93%
“…The odds of having HBsAg was 6 times higher among pregnant women who had a history of multiple sexual partners compared to their counterparts. This finding is consistent with previous study reports from Legos, Nigeria, 53 Dawuro, Southern Ethiopia 26 and Yirgalem Hospital. 38 The possible justification could be due to the fact that HBV might be found in blood, semen and other body fluids that are exchanged during sexual contact.…”
supporting
confidence: 93%
“…The prevalence rate recorded in this study is close to that of [26] who recorded prevalence rate of 6.06% among patients receiving medical care in Lagos. However, it is lower than the 7.3% and 6.70% reported by [27] and [28] respectively. The prevalence is also lower than the 9.0% prevalence reported by [2] among pregnant women attending antenatal at Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos.…”
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confidence: 61%
“…It also provides services to patients from the neighbouring South-Western states. The hospital is the largest in the state and offers mainly clinical services among which include gynaecological oncology services [ 17 ]. The gynaecology clinic is an all-female clinic with the cytology clinic being an off-shoot of it.…”
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confidence: 99%