| 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 c virus genotype 4 in ugandan children and their mothers. | in kampala, uganda, in 2001, hepatitis c virus antibodies were found in 27 (4%) of 603 children and in 62 (12%) of 525 of their mothers. however, only approximately 10% of positive results were confirmed by reverse transcription-pcr, which suggests frequent false-positive results or viral clearance. all sequenced types were genotype 4. | 2006 | 17073099 |