Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Virus Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Sexually Transmitted Infection Syndromic Diagnosed Patients Attending at Selected Government Health Facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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0204-05-12
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Beyene Demi
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Addis Abeba Unvirsity
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Background: Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are among the main public health concerns in the world and are serious infectious diseases. In the first 6 months, the most infections with that viral hepatitis have no symptoms; therefore, diagnosis of the virus in the early stage is difficult. Syndromic approach for management is widely used to control and reduce the burden of sexually transmissible diseases; however the magnitude of viral hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections is still underreported in Ethiopia among sexually transmitted syndromic diagnosed patients.
Objective: The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections and associated risk factors among sexually transmitted infection syndromic diagnosed Patients attending at Selected Government Health Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods: A health facility based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2024. The socio-demographic data was taken from each study participant using pre-structured standard questioner. The 5 ml of whole blood was collected using serum separator test tube and serum sample extracted to detect the presence of HBsAg and anti-HCV antibody by using rapid test and ELISA test kits. The data was inserted into Microsoft excel and exported in to SPSS Version 23 for analysis of the result. Descriptive statistics, bivariate or multivariate analysis were used and p value lower than 0.05 were considered as statically significant.
Result: A total of 355 study subjects who have sexually transmitted syndromes were participated in the study. The overall prevalence of HBsAg and HCV anti-body was 5.6% and 3.1 % respectively. History of sexually transmitted disease and blood transfusion found to be statically significant with HBV with (AOR 7.4; 95 % CI: 1.6-32.9, P= 0.009) viral infection and history of blood transfusion with HCV with (AOR of 7.4; 95%CI: 1.9-28.8, p=0.003) viral infections.
Conclusion: This study showed that HBV and HCV are still public health problems which need awareness and health education on the risky behaviors and mode of transmission of HBV and HCV among individuals with Sexually Transmitted Infection syndromes.
Keywords: HBV, HCV, STI/STD, syndromic patients, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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HBV HCV STI/STD syndromic patients Addis Ababa Ethiopia