National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
HAV and HBV are one of the major causes of acute viral hepatitis in human. These two viral infections however possess different routes of transmission. While HAV is transmitted via the faecal-oral route and is associated with poor hygiene practices, HBV is transmitted via contacts with infected body fluids. This study aims at determining the seroprevalence of HAV among male patients infected with HBV within four (4) private hospitals located at southwestern Nigeria for a period of 8 months. Co-infection rates were analyzed comparing the ages of patients. The ages of the HBV positive patients varied from 11 to 60 years. Sterile venous anti-coagulated blood were collected from a total of 120 donors, the serum was separated from the red blood cell and confirmed for HBV markers after which it was analyzed for HAV surface antigen. Among the 120 HBV positive samples, 12 individuals (10%) tested positive to hepatitis A, additionally the age group of most infected individuals fell within ages 11 to 20 years which tallied 6 (6%) reactors among 12 donors. This study emphasizes the monitoring of HAV co-infection among patients infected with HBV.
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