• 74
  • Home
  • Print this page
  • Email this page
Home About us Editorial board Search Ahead of print Current issue Archives Submit article Instructions Subscribe Contacts Login 
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 9  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 27-30

Survey of hepatitis B and C Infection in an unselected population of members of a sports club in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria


1 Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Uturu, Abia, Nigeria
2 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Uturu, Abia, Nigeria
3 Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Uturu, Abia, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
L N Chigbu
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Uturu, Abia
Nigeria
Login to access the Email id

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/9783-1230.132555

Rights and Permissions

Background: Member of Aba Spots club including some of the family members were screened for the prevalence of Hepatitis B and C infection. Testing members of the Aba Spots club along with their family members is a strategy to identify undiagnosed hepatitis B and C virus infections in Aba, Nigeria. We also assessed how the social life of members of Aba Spots Club may influence the acquisition of Hepatitis B and C infections. Materials and Methods: Demorgraphic information of members was collected as blood samples were analyzed for each member using commercially procured test strips. Proportions of those tested for Hepatitis B and C infections were determined. Results: Among the 470 members, 211; comprising 139 club members and 72 family members, were accessible for Hepatitis B and C infection survey. Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C infection was 3(1.4%) and that of Hepatitis C was 2 (0.95%), with an overall prevalence of 5 (2.4%). No past results of infection and immunization were noted among the subjects. Conclusion: This study offers opportunity to capture, identify and educate infected and unaffected members of the society on the health hazards associated with Hepatitis B and C infections. Those with known positive hepatitis status also received treatment and those considered susceptible were educated on how to initiate preventive action (e.g. vaccination).


[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
Print this article     Email this article
 Next article
 Previous article
 Table of Contents

 Similar in PUBMED
   Search Pubmed for
   Search in Google Scholar for
 Related articles
 Citation Manager
 Access Statistics
 Reader Comments
 Email Alert *
 Add to My List *
 * Requires registration (Free)
 

 Article Access Statistics
    Viewed963    
    Printed71    
    Emailed0    
    PDF Downloaded88    
    Comments [Add]    

Recommend this journal