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  • Title: [HIV infection and hepatitis B co-infection: survey of prevalence in pregnant women in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso].
    Author: Dao B, Nacro B, Dahourou H, Meda N, Van De Perre P.
    Journal: Rev Med Brux; 2001 Apr; 22(2):83-6. PubMed ID: 11388027.
    Abstract:
    We carried out this study to assess the prevalence of co-infection with hepatitis B and HIV-1 in african pregnant women. Nine hundred and seventeen pregnant women attending two antenatal clinics in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, were included. The characteristics of the women were the following: a mean age of 26 years and 83.5% married; a mean gravidity and para of 4 and 3 respectively and a mean gestational age of 27 weeks of amenorrhea. Then sera were drawn to be tested for both hepatitis B and HIV-1. Sera tested positive for HIV-1 at ELISA were confirmed by Western Blot. Ninety eight women (10.7%) were Ag HBs carriers of whose 18.2% were positive for Ag HBe, 66.7% anti-HBe positive and 95.6% anti-HBc positive. The HIV-1 prevalence rate was 5.9%. Eight women were positive for both Ag HBs and HIV-1, giving a co-infection rate of 0.88%. The co-infection rate by hepatitis B and HIV-1 is very low in pregnant women in Bobo Dioulasso despite a high prevalence of these two infections.
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