TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection in North-Eastern Nigeria
AU - , A.B. Olokoba AU - , L.B. Olokoba AU - , F.K. Salawu AU - , A. Danburam AU - , O.O. Desalu AU - , J.K. Midala AU - , S. Aderibigbe AU - , A. Abdulkareem 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 73
EP  - 75
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2008.73.75
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2008.73.75
KW  - Hepatitis B virus
KW  -HIV/AIDS
KW  -HBsAg
KW  -co-infection
AB  - 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.
ER  -