seroprevalence and risk factors of hepatitis b virus infection among adolescents in enugu, nigeria. | the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of hepatitis b virus infection in adolescents in enugu-urban. | 2015 | 26411561 |
demographic and sociocultural characteristics of sickle anaemia children with positive hepatitis b surface antigenaemia in a tertiary health facility in enugu. | 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. | 2010 | 20857793 |
hepatitis b vaccination status among health workers in enugu, nigeria. | health workers in nigeria are particularly at increased risk of contracting hepatitis b virus in their work place because nigeria is a holoendemic area. hepatitis b vaccination virtually eliminates this risk. there are few studies on the perception and uptake of hepatitis b vaccination among health workers in nigeria and none to our knowledge in the university of nigeria teaching hospital (unth), enugu. | 2006 | 16986281 |