Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access

Abstract

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Agena Health Center, South Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Haile Workye*, Melese Niguse, Ijigu Tadesse and Amin Karim

Objective: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is the world’s most common and highly contagious liver infection and main routes of transmission are: mother to child, via open wounds, sexual contact, blood transfusion and other blood contact related activities. Prevalence of HBV among pregnant women in Africa ranges from 3.67-16.5% and in Ethiopia 2.4 to 7.8%. Hepatitis B infection leads to high morbidity and mortality for mother as well as for their infants due to the vertical transmission.

Methodology: An institution based cross sectional study was conducted with a total of 194 of pregnant women attending antenatal care at Agena health center from May 1-30/2019. The collected data was entered into Epi-data 4.2.0.0 and exported to SPSS (Software Package for Social Science) version 25 for data analysis. Binary and multivariable Logistic regression was performed to determine each factor and to check the association between independent variable and HBV infection.

Results: The prevalence of HBV in Agena health center among pregnant women were 4.1% and it was associated with marital status, history of hospital admission and history of abortion.

Conclusion: The prevalence of HBV in Agena health center among pregnant women was intermediate. Since routine screening and immunization of all pregnant women is mandatory.

Published Date: 2022-12-23; Received Date: 2022-11-21