| high seroprevalence of hbv and hcv infection in hiv-infected adults in kigali, rwanda. | data on prevalence and incidence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in rwanda are scarce. | 2013 | 23717409 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis b and c viruses among hiv-infected pregnant women in uganda and rwanda. | a retrospective survey to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis b (hbv) and c (hcv) infections was conducted on the samples of 247 african hiv-1 positive pregnant women who had participated to a mother-to-child prevention trial carried out in urban settings in kampala, uganda and kigali, rwanda. hepatitis b markers studied were hbs antigen (hbsag) and, if positive after confirmatory testing, hbe antigen/anti-hbe antibodies and hbv dna. a fourth generation hcv enzyme immunoassay (eia) was used for ... | 2007 | 17935164 |
| hepatitis b virus prevalence and vaccine response in hiv-infected children and adolescents on combination antiretroviral therapy in kigali, rwanda. | the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in a cohort of hiv-infected rwandan children and adolescents on combination antiretroviral therapy (cart), and the success rate of hbv vaccination in those children found to be hbv negative. | 2013 | 22976050 |