Seroprevalence of HIV among blood donors, antenatal women and other patients in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Abstract

HIV/AIDS continues to remain a nightmare in the developing nations of the world especially in Nigeria, where about 2.9 million people are living with this problem. This study aimed at determining the sero-prevalence of HIV among both patients and blood donors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. Samples were collected between January 1st, 2005 and December, 31st 2006 and were screened using two rapid test kits, with two different principles (enzymatic and agglutination). Samples positive to the two methods were taken as truly sero-positive. The seropositive rate among blood donors, antenatal women, in-and out patients were, 3.2%, 6.9% and 17.5% respectively. There were five cases of positivity to both HIV I and II. Antenatal women between the ages of 26-35 were found responsible for 5.3% of the total positivity among antenatal women. Though, there is high prevalence rate among in-and out-patients, many of these were screened based on manifestation of clinical symptoms. However, more is to be done in the area of prevention of this disease, since no cure is yet found.

Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis in blood donors in a tertiary health facility in south eastern Nigeria

“…This is in contrast to some studies done in this country [14][15][16][17][18][19]. It is also in contrast with studies done in other parts of the world with higher prevalence for the infectious agents, in Burkina Faso [20], Cameroun [21], Mali [22], Mozambique [23], Democratic republic of Congo [24,25] and in Tanzania [26].…”

Frequency and clinico-topographic distribution patterns of pruritic papular eruption in HIV patients in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

“…A study in India reported that the mean age of the PPE patients was 34.2±7.5 years [19]. Most of the patients with PPE in this study (68.8%) were less than 45 years old, in keeping with the age group more likely to be HIV infected as reported in similar studies in our environment [20,21].…”

Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among pregnant women in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Full texts of four articles were inaccessible. Twenty-five articles underwent stage 3 screening and 23 articles were selected29–51 after excluding two studies that did not provide the details of HIV diagnostic tools (figure 2).…”