Demographic and Sociocultural Characteristics of Sickle Anaemia Children with Positive Hepatitis B Surface Antigenaemia in a Tertiary Health Facility in Enugu
Niger. j. clin. pract. (Online)
; 13(3): 317-320, 2010.
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Hepatitis B virus infection is contracted through contact with body fluid of infected persons. Patientswith sickle cell anaemia (SCA); a common haematological disorder inNigeria; have tendencies to visit traditional healerswho administer scarifications and ritualmarks thatmay expose themtoHBVinfection. To determine the demographic and socio-cultural characteristics of children with SCA infected withHBVat theUniversity ofNigeriaTeachingHospital Enugu. Two hundred and twenty one children aged 6months to 17years with SCA were recruited consecutively from October 2004 to April 2005. They were screened for HBsAg using ELISA method. There was no statistically difference in hepatitis B surface antigenaemia among different age group (P=0.907). Social class did not significantly influence the prevalence of HBsAg among subjects (p=0.887). socio-cultural practices like circumcision and scarification did not influence the prevalence of HBsAg; (p=0.636) (p=0.771) respectively. Significantly highernumber of people fromlowest socioeconomic class practice scarification (p=0.0001). Demographic and sociocultural factors do not appear to influence the prevalence of HBsAg among childrenwith SCAinEnugu;Nigeria. Sickle cell anaemia; Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia; Demographic; Sociocultural characteristic
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Child
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Culture
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Anemia
Type of study:
Risk factors
Language:
English
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Niger. j. clin. pract. (Online)
Year:
2010
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