Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in selected general hospitals of Mekelle and Eastern Zone of the Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia
Senait Kebede Abadi, Kiflom Hagos, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin Shfare, Angesom Kebede Abadi, Tadele Araya · 2026
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Senait Kebede Abadi and co-authors count hepatitis B and HIV among pregnant women in northern Ethiopia in work dated two thousand twenty-six. Both viruses pass from mother to child and drive maternal illness, yet fresh local numbers for Tigray were scarce.
From December two thousand twenty-four to April two thousand twenty-five, two hundred thirty-eight women at antenatal clinics in Mekelle and the eastern zone gave blood and background details. Rapid tests, confirmed by a lab assay, found hepatitis B in near one in ten women and HIV in about one in twenty-four. Older age and past liver disease raised hepatitis odds sharply. Past abortion history cut them, oddly. The rates argue for stronger screening at pregnancy visits.
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| CREATOR | Senait Kebede Abadi, Kiflom Hagos, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin Shfare, Angesom Kebede Abadi, Tadele Araya |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |