The seroprevalence of HBV infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic (ANC) at Burao General Hospital (BGH).

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Ahmed Adan Jama This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4236898/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Introduction:- Hepatitis B virus disease is a potentially life-threatening liver infection and a major global health problem. Hepatitis B infection is associated with the risk of death arising from cirrhosis, liver and non-liver cancers, Transmission of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) results from exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids, unprotected sexual contact with an infected person, blood transfusion, use of contaminated needles, syringes, and sharps as well as vertical transmission from mother to child, there is risk of HBV transmission to the newborn delivered by a hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive woman. This risk is amplified with positivity of hepatitis B envelope antigen [1 ]. Methods - The research was an institution based cross-sectional study, which involves the systemic collection and presentation of data to give a clear picture about the topic. This research used simple random sampling. This was probability sampling which involves choosing the nearest and the available person of research as a respondent, and systematic sampling for the lab results of the hepatitis B virus infection. Findings : In this study, the overall sero-prevalence of HBsAg was 3.9% (15/384), as documented from the reports of laboratory investigations, the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, where majority of the age group participated in this study were between 26–35 years old, the educational level of the majority of participants were high school among other variables examined in this section Conclusion - In this study, the overall sero-prevalence of HBsAg was 3.9% (15/384), as documented from the reports of laboratory investigations, the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, where majority of the age group participated in this study were between 26–35 years old, the educational level of the majority of participants were high school among other variables examined in this section According to the specific objective three the seroprevalence of HbsAg among pregnant women attending ANC at BGH, the total sero-prevalence of HBsAg in this research was 2.48 percent. Because many people may not have symptoms or are unaware they are sick, their disease is frequently undiagnosed and hence cannot be recorded or tallied, so this data only includes those who completed the test at Burao General Hospital. Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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