دورية أكاديمية
Demographic and sociocultural characteristics of sickle anaemia children with positive hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in a tertiary health facility in Enugu.
| العنوان: | Demographic and sociocultural characteristics of sickle anaemia children with positive hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in a tertiary health facility in Enugu. |
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| المؤلفون: | Emechebe GO; Department of Paediatrics, Imo state University Teaching Hospital, Orlu. nnabuike20g@yahoo.com, Emodi IJ, Ikefuna AN, Ilechukwu GC, Igwe WC, Ejiofor OS, Ilechukwu CA |
| المصدر: | Nigerian journal of clinical practice [Niger J Clin Pract] 2010 Sep; Vol. 13 (3), pp. 317-20. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Medknow Publications Country of Publication: India NLM ID: 101150032 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1119-3077 (Print) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Niger J Clin Pract Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Mumbai : Medknow Publications Original Publication: [Lagos?] : Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Anemia, Sickle Cell/*complications , Hepatitis B/*epidemiology , Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/*blood, Adolescent ; Anemia, Sickle Cell/epidemiology ; Anemia, Sickle Cell/immunology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Culture ; Demography ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Female ; Hepatitis B/blood ; Hospitals, Teaching ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Nigeria/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors ; Socioeconomic Factors |
| مستخلص: | Background: Hepatitis B virus) infection is contracted through contact with body fluid of infected persons. Patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA), a common haematological disorder in Nigeria, have tendencies to visit traditional healers who administer scarifications and ritual marks that may expose them to HBV infection. Objective: To determine the demographic and socio-cultural characteristics of children with SCA infected with HBV at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu. Subjects and Method: Two hundred and twenty one children aged 6 months to 17 years with SCA were recruited consecutively from October 2004 to April 2005. They were screened for HBsAg using ELISA method. Results: There was no statistically difference in hepatitis B surface antigenaemia among different age group (P = 0.907). Social class did not significantly influence the prevalence of HBsAg among subjects (p = 0.887). Socio-cultural practices like circumcision and scarification did not influence the prevalence of HBsAg, (p = 0.636) (p = 0.771) respectively. Significantly higher number of people from lowest socioeconomic class practice scarification (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: Demographic and sociocultural factors do not appear to influence the prevalence of HBsAg among children with SCA in Enugu, Nigeria. |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Hepatitis B Surface Antigens) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20100923 Date Completed: 20101116 Latest Revision: 20220408 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| PMID: | 20857793 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
| تدمد: | 1119-3077 |
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