Immunome Research
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ISSN: 1745-7580
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ISSN: 1745-7580
+44-20-4587-4809
Department of Odontostomatology, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Clinical Dental Students of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
Author(s): Marie Elvire Nokam Abena*, Marie Elvire Nokam Abena, Esther Voundi Voundi, Jacqueline Michèle Lowe, Charles Clovis Nkeh, Rose Mbede, Yannick Nibeye and François-Xavier Mbopi-Keou
Introduction: Information on HIV, HBV and HCV related attitudes among dental students aimed at developing an appropriate dental curriculum on these viruses.
General objective: To evaluate the competences on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and C infections of clinical dental students of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS) of the University of Yaoundé I.
Materials and methods: We ran a cross-sectional study from November 2015 through April 2016 at the FMBS. Clinical dental students from the 4th to the 7th year of study who accepted to participate were included. The statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS vs. 17.0. Correlations between variables were expressed by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The threshold of statistical significance was less than 0.05.
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DOI:
10.35248/1745-7580.22.18.155