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HBV in pregnancy, seroprevalence, unvaccinated

Seroprevalence And Sociodemographic Characteristics of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Pregnant Women Attending Rural Hospital in Karu-Abuja, Nigeria

Authors

Dr Sunusi Rimi GARBA1 | Dr Amwe Sunday AKU2 | Dr Abdulsalam Ali UMARU3 | Dr Nanman NANDANG4 | Dr Saadatu Lafia BABA5 | Dr Ikechukwu Jeremiah UDEH6 | Aliyu Amina UMAR7 | Dr Richard Zubvushia ACHI8 | Dr Farida Abdulkarim SHITTU9 | Dr Chukwuemeka Precious ANYAOGU10 | Dr Adewumi Adedoyin ADESIDA11 | Dr Aloy Okechukwu UGWU12 | Dr Anas Funtua RABIU13 | Dr Marcus Mbakwe14 | Dr Sunday Isaac OMISAKIN15 | Dr SHEDUM Nantim Sunday16 | Dr ABDULKARIM Junaidu17 | Dr NANKAT Nansuk Nansel18
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nigeria Customs Service Hospital KaruAbuja 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nigeria Customs Service Hospital KaruAbuja 2 Head of Medical, Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters Abuja 3 Dept of Surgery Nigeria Customs Hospital Karu, Abuja 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nigeria Customs Service Hospital KaruAbuja 5 Department of Family Medicine Nigeria Customs Service Hospital Karu Abuja 6 PNO at National Hospital Abuja 7 Dept of Surgery Nigeria Customs Hospital Karu, Abuja 8 Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiocare Multispecialty Hospital, Garki, Abuja 9 Department of Family Medicine Nigeria Customs Service Hospital Karu Abuja 10 Department of Family Medicine Nigeria Customs Service Hospital Karu Abuja 11 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba, Lagos 12 Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina state, Nigeria 13 R-Jolad Plus Multi Specialist Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria. 14 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Lagos University Teaching hospital/College of medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria 15 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nigeria Customs Service Hospital KaruAbuja 16 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nigeria Customs Service Hospital KaruAbuja 17 Department of Family Medicine Nigeria Customs Service Hospital Karu Abuja 18

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnancy is associated with direct effect of pregnancy and potential viral transmission from mother to newborn. The data on hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women in the rural area of Karu are very scarce. It is associated with a serious burden on the health care system and the economy of the family. This study therefore aimed to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus infection among pregnant women attending rural hospital in Karu-Abuja, Nigeria from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021

Study design: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study carried out among pregnant women that booked for antenatal care at Nigeria Customs Hospital Karu Abuja over a one-year period.

Materials and Method: Cases were identified from records in labour ward, and antenatal clinic, from November 1st, 2023, to October 31st, 2024. Data was entered and analyzed using the IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS Statistics) Version 27. Armonk, NY: IBM CorpA

Results: A total of 906 pregnant women were registered for antenatal care during the study period of which 79 cases were diagnosed with hepatitis B virus infection and only 74 has the complete information and were included in the statistical analysis. The retrieval rate was 93.6% and the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among the study participants was 8.7%. The mean age of the study participants were 31.459 ± 4.4635 years, The mean gestational age at the diagnosis was 23.86 (4.73) weeks.  Majority of the participants were multigravida and had attended tertiary levels of education and were booked. About 44 (59.2) participants had received Hepatis vaccine.

Conclusion: The prevalence rate of hepatitis B sero-positivity among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic was higher more than the national target of 8.0 and majority of participants were unvaccinated for HBV.

Article Details

Published

2025-01-20

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18535/raj.v8i01.497

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 01 (2025)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Seroprevalence And Sociodemographic Characteristics of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Pregnant Women Attending Rural Hospital in Karu-Abuja, Nigeria. (2025). Research and Analysis Journal, 8(01), 06-10. https://doi.org/10.18535/raj.v8i01.497