Title |
HIV infection and hepatitis B seroprevalence among antenatal clinic attendees in Niger, West Africa
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Published in |
HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.), December 2011
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DOI | 10.2147/hiv.s27881 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Saïdou Mamadou, Moussa Ide, Amadou Roufaï Ali Maazou, Balki Aoula, Seyni Labo, Mamane Bozari |
Abstract |
This transversal study was suggested in order to estimate the nationwide seroprevalences of HIV infection and hepatitis B among 495 pregnant women in Niger in 2008. The study detected anti-HIV antibodies with Genscreen(®) Plus HIV Ag/Ab Ultra Kit (Bio-Rad; Hercules, CA), Vironostika(®) HIV Uni-Form II Ag/Ab (bioMérieux; Marcy-l'Etoile, France), and ImmunoComb(®) II HIV 1 and 2 BiSpot (Orgenics; Yavne, Israel). HBsAg was detected by Monolisa(®) HBsAg Ultra (Bio-Rad) and ImmunoComb(®) II HBsAg (Orgenics). The rates obtained were 2.02% (95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.03%-3.81%) and 16.16% (95% CI: 13.09%-19.77%), respectively. There were no significant variations according to environment, region, age, marital status, educational level, antecedent of surgery and transfusion. But these data need a large sample, and periodic updates for a better planning of activities in the framework of a national reproductive health program, including prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. |
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United States | 2 | 67% |
Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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France | 1 | 3% |
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Student > Master | 6 | 17% |
Researcher | 4 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
Other | 1 | 3% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 3% |
Other | 3 | 9% |
Unknown | 16 | 46% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 11% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 11% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
Other | 2 | 6% |
Unknown | 17 | 49% |