@article{MAKHILLIJTM20083419756,
    title = {Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection in North-Eastern Nigeria},
    journal = {International Journal of Tropical Medicine},
    volume = {3},
    number = {4},
    pages = {73-75},
    year = {2008},
    issn = {1816-3319},
    doi = {ijtmed.2008.73.75},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-3319&doi=ijtmed.2008.73.75},
    author = {A.B. Olokoba,L.B. Olokoba,F.K. Salawu,A. Danburam,O.O. Desalu,J.K. Midala,S. Aderibigbe and},
    keywords = {Hepatitis B virus,HIV/AIDS,HBsAg,co-infection},
    abstract = {Immunodeficiency virus co-infection rate in North-Eastern Nigeria. Two  hundred  consecutively  recruited  HIV/AIDS  patients  comprising 69 males and  131  females  were  screened  for  Hepatitis  B  surface  antigen  using  ELISA.  The  biodata  of the patients were  obtained.  Out  of  the 200 HIV/AIDS patients tested, 30 were positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen giving an overall co-infection rate of 15.0% of the 69 males, who had HIV/AIDS, 13 (18.8%) were Hepatitis B surface antigen positive, while 17 (13.0%) of the 131 females with HIV/AIDS were positive. Co-infection rate was highest in the 30-39 years age group (46.7%), while no case of co-infection was found in the 10-19, 50-59 and 60-69 years age groups. This study confirms a high co-infection rate of Hepatitis B virus infection in patients with HIV/AIDS. Therefore, there is a need to screen patients with HIV/AIDS for Hepatitis B virus infection.}
    }