| [prevalence of serologic markers of the hepatitis b virus in pregnant women of bamako, mali]. | a prospective study of the serological markers of hepatitis b virus (hbv) including hepatitis b virus surface antigen (hbsag) and hepatitis b surface antibody (anti hbs) was conducted over 5 years in bamako. the aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of hbsag in pregnant women and to determine the risk of hbv infection for this population. the study involved 829 pregnant women for whom blood samples were collected after the first quarter of pregnancy. hbsag and anti hbs were detected i ... | 2001 | 11845531 |
| [sickle cell anemia and transfusion safety in bamako, mali. seroprevalence of hiv, hbv and hcv infections and alloimmunization belonged to rh and kell systems in sickle cell anemia patients]. | red cell transfusion is one of the main treatments in sickle cell disease. however there are potential risks of blood transfusions. in order to propose strategies to improve blood safety in sickle cell disease in mali, we conducted a prospective study of 133 patients with sickle cell anemia recruited at the sickle cell disease research and control center of bamako, november 2010 to october 2011. the study aimed to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus ... | 2013 | 23916574 |
| [study of antigen hbs and antivirus antibodies of hepatitis c during hepatopathies in mali]. | a prospective study carried out in bamako, mali between july 1998 and january 1999 has assessed the seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in 91 carrier patients of chronic hepatopathy at a cirrhrosis stage (53) or of hepato-cellular carcinoma (38) and to compare with in 92 blood donors as a control population. only seroprevalence confirmed by a complementary test has been taken into account (riba). hcv seroprevalence reached 25% including all hepatopathies, 24% in cirrhrosis and 26% in hepat ... | 2004 | 15462194 |
| [epidemiology and pathologic results of chronic carriers state of hepatitis b in mali]. | the hb antigen of the hepatitis b (hb) virus, studied by counter immunoelectrophoresis shows a prevalence of 8.7% in 1,860 rural malians and 11.3% in 764 blood donors from bamako. amongst 1,350 hospitalised patients, no correlation could be established between the hbs antigen chronic carriers state and other infectious diseases, malnutrition or genetic deficiencies. on the other hand, the prevalence of hbs antigen is particularly high in hepatic infections: acute and chronic hepatitis (53.5%), c ... | 1981 | 7343138 |
| seroprevalence of hiv/hbv coinfection in malian blood donors. | a cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), and their coinfection among blood donors at the national blood transfusion center in bamako, mali, from november 2001 to july 2002. | 2009 | 19182212 |