Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance

We report the seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among HIV-positive patients at a clinic in North-Central Nigeria. Screening for hepatitis B virus was based on serological markers. Alanine aminotransferase levels and CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts were compared between patients. The study showe...

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Autores principales: Akindigh, Terver M., Joseph, Abba O., Robert, Christiana O., Okojokwu, Ocheme J., Okechalu, Juliet N., Anejo-Okopi, Joseph A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2019
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6620520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31309044
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.622
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author Akindigh, Terver M.
Joseph, Abba O.
Robert, Christiana O.
Okojokwu, Ocheme J.
Okechalu, Juliet N.
Anejo-Okopi, Joseph A.
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Joseph, Abba O.
Robert, Christiana O.
Okojokwu, Ocheme J.
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description We report the seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among HIV-positive patients at a clinic in North-Central Nigeria. Screening for hepatitis B virus was based on serological markers. Alanine aminotransferase levels and CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts were compared between patients. The study showed that 9.2% were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen with significant differences between alanine aminotransferase levels of patients with and without hepatitis B virus. We recommend a national surveillance system to monitor control efforts.
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spelling pubmed-66205202019-07-15 Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance Akindigh, Terver M. Joseph, Abba O. Robert, Christiana O. Okojokwu, Ocheme J. Okechalu, Juliet N. Anejo-Okopi, Joseph A. Afr J Lab Med Brief Report We report the seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among HIV-positive patients at a clinic in North-Central Nigeria. Screening for hepatitis B virus was based on serological markers. Alanine aminotransferase levels and CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts were compared between patients. The study showed that 9.2% were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen with significant differences between alanine aminotransferase levels of patients with and without hepatitis B virus. We recommend a national surveillance system to monitor control efforts. AOSIS 2019-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6620520/ /pubmed/31309044 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.622 Text en © 2019. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
spellingShingle Brief Report
Akindigh, Terver M.
Joseph, Abba O.
Robert, Christiana O.
Okojokwu, Ocheme J.
Okechalu, Juliet N.
Anejo-Okopi, Joseph A.
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance
title Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance
title_full Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance
title_short Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-1-positive patients in North-Central Nigeria: The urgent need for surveillance
title_sort seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus co-infection among hiv-1-positive patients in north-central nigeria: the urgent need for surveillance
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6620520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31309044
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.622
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