[HBs Antigen Carrier State in Pregnant Women in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)]

Overview

Journal Dakar Med

Date 2005 Mar 23

PMID 15779182

Citations 12

Authors

B Nacro

B Dao

H Dahourou

F Hien

L Charpentier-Gautier

N Meda

P van de Perre

M Cartoux

L Mandelbrot

F Dabis

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence rate and the risk factors for the carriage of hepatitis B markers in pregnant women in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Out of 917 pregnant women recruited during antenatal care, 98 (10.7%) were HBs antigen positive. Among these ones, 18.2% carded HBe antigen, 66.7% antiHBe antibodies and 95.6% antiHBc antibodies. Two risk factors were identified: maternal age of 23 and 28 (RR = 2.33, chi2 =12.21, p = 0.005) and widowage (Fisher test RR = 6.43, p = 0.0016). This high prevalence of HBs antigen calls for systematic screening for hepatitis B during antenatal care along with an immunization policy toward women of reproductive age and newborns.

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