Seroprevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections among pregnant women in the asante akim north municipality of the ashanti region, Ghana; a cross sectional study

African Health Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 709-713

  Ephraim, Richard ^a   Donko, Isaac ^a   Sakyi, Samuel A ^b   Ampong, Joyce ^a   Agbodjakey, Hope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Pregnant women; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TATTOOING; BLOOD; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941360202     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v15i3.2     Document Type: Article

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