Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C antibodies and its co-infection with HIV in rural Cameroon

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Valirie Ndip AgborNicaise Ndembi

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence of the co-infection between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the prevalence of factors associated with HCV transmission in a rural Cameroonian community. The mean age of the 174 participants included in the study was 30.3 (standard deviation = 13.26) years (age range 12-77 years). the prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection was 1.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1-5.9]. The prevalence of HCV and HIV were 6.3% (95% CI 2.9-10.3) and 6.9 (95% CI 5.2-11.3), respectively. Histories of scarification (62.1%), multiple sex partners (31.0%) and sexually transmitted diseases (66.1%) were the most common risk factors of HCV transmission in this study.

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
ELISA

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