Five-Years Epidemiology of Hepatitis B and C Viruses Infection in The Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa School Clinic, Nasarawa State.

Abstract

The study titled five-years epidemiology of hepatitis B and C viruses’ infection was carried out in the federal Polytechnic Nasarawa School clinic, Nasarawa State. For hepatitis B virus a total of eight hundred (800) respondents participated and thirty-five subjects tested positive to Hepatitis B virus antibodies giving a prevalence of 4.38 %. Out of the samples collected three hundred and sixteen (316) blood samples were collected from males, while, four hundred and eighty-four (484) blood samples were collected from females. Eighteen (18) of the samples collected from males tested positive with a prevalence 5.70%, while twelve (12) of the samples collected from females tested positive with a prevalence 2.48% for Hepatitis B virus antibody. The prevalence of hepatitis B virus antibody in relation to age group of respondents showed prevalences of 3.85% out of 182 samples, 3.83% out of 261sample, 4.85% out of 206 samples, and 5.30% out of 151 samples among the age groups of 11-15, 16-20, 21-25 and 26-30 years old respectively. The overall prevalence by age group was 4.37%. For hepatitis C virus antibody one thousand and eighty-nine (1089) samples were analysed of which twenty-four (24) tested positive giving a prevalence of 2.20%. among the four hundred and sixty-six samples obtained from males fifteen (15) samples tested positive with a prevalence of 3.22%, while the six hundred and twenty-three samples collected nine (09) tested positive with a prevalence of1.44%. The prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibody and relation to age group of respondents showed prevalences of 0.00%, 1.77%, 2.99%, and 2.39% among the groups of 11-15, 16-20, 21-25 and 26-30 years old respectively