The changing epidemiology of hepatitis B and C infections in Nanoro, rural Burkina Faso: a random sampling survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study sought to provide up-to-date hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) seroprevalence in rural Burkina Faso decade after hepatitis B vaccine was introduced in the national immunization scheduled for children.

Methods

In 2018, a community-based, random sampling strategy with probability proportional to population size was conducted in Nanoro to investigate the prevalence of viral hepatitis in children and their mothers. Sociodemographic, vaccination history and risk factors were assessed by interview and health books. HBsAg rapid tests were done by finger prick and Dried Blood Spots (DBS) were collected for hepatitis seromarkers by chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay. Positive samples underwent confirmatory PCR and phylogenetic analysis.

Results

Data were pr

SUBMITTER: Lingani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964067 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature