Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Mulago Hospital.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, antenatal clinic.

Participants

We randomly selected 340 pregnant women attending their first antenatal visit at Mulago Hospital antenatal clinic.

Primary outcome

Hepatitis B surface antigen positivity.

Results

We recruited 340 participants, with a mean age of 27±5.7 years, and a median gravidity of 3. The prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic in Mulago Hospital, in our study, was 2.9% (95% CI 1.58% to 5.40%, n=10). Factors positively associated w

SUBMITTER: Kayondo SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7279652 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature