Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9899
ISSN: 2155-9899
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Wolkite, Wolkite, Ethiopia
Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Agena Health Center, South Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Haile Workye*, Melese Niguse, Ijigu Tadesse and Amin Karim
Objective: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is the world’s most common and highly contagious liver infection and main routes of transmission are: mother to child, via open wounds, sexual contact, blood transfusion and other blood contact related activities. Prevalence of HBV among pregnant women in Africa ranges from 3.67-16.5% and in Ethiopia 2.4 to 7.8%. Hepatitis B infection leads to high morbidity and mortality for mother as well as for their infants due to the vertical transmission.
Methodology: An institution based cross sectional study was conducted with a total of 194 of pregnant women attending antenatal care at Agena health center from May 1-30/2019. The collected data was entered into Epi-data 4.2.0.0 and exported to SPSS (Software Package for Social Science) version 25 for data analysis. Binary and multivariable Lo.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9899.22.13.674