Military Personals Should Be Vaccinated Against Hepatitis B Infection

Alavian, Seyed Moayed

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“…In most cases, military people live in military camps which may contribute to predispose them to HBV and HCV transmission through some common routes. The risk of sharing utensils such as hair-brushes, combs, razors and toothbrushes is common among people living in groups that can facilitate transmission of the viruses [ 16 ]. Moreover, usually soldieries travel from place to place for different professional reasons and stay longer apart from their family.…”

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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses infection among military personnel at Bahir Dar Armed Forces General Hospital, Ethiopia

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BackgroundMilitary personnel are high-risk people for parenteral and sexually transmitted diseases such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Data regarding HBV and HCV prevalence among military personnel in Ethiopia is limited. Hence, the study aimed to determine sero-prevalence and associated risk factors of HBV and HCV among military personnel at Bahir Dar Armed Forces General Hospital, Ethiopia.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in a total of 403 military personnel from February to May 2015. Socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors were collected through face to face interview using structured questionnaire. HBV and HCV infection was determined using HBsAg and anti-HCV antibody rapid tests. Logistic regression analysis was employed to assess possible risk factors for HBV and HCV infections.ResultsThe sero-prevalence of HBV and HCV infection were 4.2 and 0.2 %, respectively. None of the study subjects were co-infected with HBV and HCV. Higher prevalence of HBV infection (11.3 %) was observed in the age group of 40 and above. Being at the age of 40 years and above (COR 7.6; 95 % CI 2.0–29.0, p = 0.003), history of nose piercing (COA 5.9; 95 % CI 1.2–29.9, p = 0.033) and sexually transmitted infection (COR 4.3; 95 % CI 1.1–16.4, p = 0.03) were significantly associated with these viral hepatitis infections.ConclusionIntermediate prevalence of HBV and low prevalence of HCV were observed among military personnel. Strengthening HBV screening strategies among military personal may further reduce these viral diseases.

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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses infection among military personnel at Bahir Dar Armed Forces General Hospital, Ethiopia

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“…Despite heterosexual contact accounted for 100% of reported risk factors for B hepatitis and no patient reported previous blood transfusions, we could not rule out certainly parenteral transmission. In fact, the risk of sharing utensils such as hair‐brushes, combs, razors, and toothbrushes is common among people living in groups that can facilitate transmission of the viruses [Alavian, ; Birku et al, ]. Likewise, even maternal‐fetal route was not totally excluded: two studies conducted on pregnant Malian women indicates a high endemicity level (8–15.5%) of HBV and a clear danger of perinatal transmission [Owiredu et al, ; Sidibe et al, ; Suzuki et al, ; MacLean et al, ; Alavian, ; Birku et al, ].…”

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First epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis of Hepatitis B virus infection in migrants from Mali

Cella

Ceccarelli

Vita

et al. 2016

Journal of Medical Virology

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The armed conflict in Mali caused a migration crisis since 2012. Most Malian refugees were in Italy. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the seroprevalence of anti-HBV antibodies is particularly high. Genotype E is the most prevalent throughout a crescent covering area from Angola to Senegal, including Mali. We report 16 HBV positive individual from 136 Malian asylum seekers in order to investigate the genetic diversity of HBV in this population. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis has been used. The HBV genotype E isolates from Mali did not cluster together but were intermixed, with the other African sequences. Only three supported clade were evidenced and closely related to sequences from Burkina Faso. The estimated evolutionary rate was 9.29 × 10 . The root of the tree dated back to February 2008 in (95% HPD: 2006-2011). From this ancestor six main statistically supported clusters (pp > 0.80) were identified. The most recent Clade dated back to May 2015. The BSP showed that the effective number of infections softly increased from 2011 to the 2015. Phylogenetic analysis helped in understanding how two on sixteen individuals, have been infected in Italy, and give an important improvement in prevention campaigns and monitoring of the viral infection in migrants. J. Med. Virol. 89:639-646, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is transmitted by the fecal-oral route through close personal contact [2] . Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly contagious and transmitted through parenteral, sexual and perinatal transmission routes [3] while HCV is transmitted primarily by infected blood and drug injection [4] .…”

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Prevalence of Viral Hepatitis Infections in Babylon Province, Iraq, during The Interval from 2014 to 2018

Radhi¹,

AL-Rubaey²,

AL-Jubori³

et al. 2019

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Background: Viral hepatitis disease is a major public health problem affecting hundreds to millions of individuals worldwide. The most widely recognized types of viral hepatitis are six distinct types of hepatitis virus, referred to as A, B, C, D, E, and G which may appear in an acute or chronic form. The aim of current study was to to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis A, B and C virus infections over the last five years ago from 2014 to 2018 and to determine the prevalence associated with age and gender of patients in Babylon province, Iraq, through analyzing data by descriptive statistics approaches. Methods: Current study involved 2110 positive cases who were diagnosed as having hepatitis A, Band C virus infections of age groups ranging from (< 1 to ≥ 20) years of both genders (1184 males and 926 females). Patients' information was gathered retrospectively from the medical records at The Central Public Health Laboratory of Babylon province for the period between 2014 and 2018. Results and Conclusion: The study results showed that 1868 cases (88.5%) out of 2110 cases had Hepatitis A Virus while 205 cases (9.7%) had Hepatitis B Virus and 37 cases (1.8%) had Hepatitis C Virus. Also, the highest number of cases ( 653) of viral hepatitis infections was recorded in 2015 and the lowest number (307) was recorded in 2014. On the other hand, it has been discovered that the highest total number of cases was for Hepatitis A Virus cases (576) cases, followed by Hepatitis B Virus (60) cases and then Hepatitis C Virus (17) cases for year 2015. The analysis of results depicted the relationship between types of viral hepatitis infections and years of prevalence and revealed a highly significant association at Pvalue <0.01. Besides, the results showed that both genders were influenced with viral hepatitis, but males were more influenced gender (56.1%) than females (43.9%). The analysis depicted the relationship between types of viral hepatitis infections and gender of patients and revealed that they affected both genders significantly at Pvalue <0.01.

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Military Personals Should Be Vaccinated Against Hepatitis B Infection

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses infection among military personnel at Bahir Dar Armed Forces General Hospital, Ethiopia

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses infection among military personnel at Bahir Dar Armed Forces General Hospital, Ethiopia

First epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis of Hepatitis B virus infection in migrants from Mali

Prevalence of Viral Hepatitis Infections in Babylon Province, Iraq, during The Interval from 2014 to 2018

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