Table 1: Sample distribution of the three district hospitals in the FCT, Abuja
|
Location |
No. Tested |
No. Positive (%) | ||
|
HIV |
HBV |
HCV | ||
|
Gwarinpa |
50 |
____________3 (6)____________ |
____________3 (6)____________ |
______________1 (2)______________ |
|
Nyanya |
200 |
17 (8.5) |
____________8 (4)____________ |
3 (1.5) |
|
Wuse |
250 |
22 (8.8) |
8 (3.2) |
4 (1.6) |
|
Total |
500 |
42 (8.4) |
19 (3.8) |
8 (1.6) |
Table 2: Relative Risk (95%CI) of HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV co-infections in pregnant women attending FCT District
Hospitals
|
Infections |
No. positive |
Percentage |
Relative Risk (95% CI) |
P value (Fisher Exact)- |
|
HIV and HBV |
3 |
7.1 |
1.95 (0.66 - 5.74) |
0.208 |
|
HIV and HCV |
1 |
2.4 |
1.50 (0.23 - 9.60) |
0.507 |
Majority of the pregnant women tested were housewives, 312 (62.4%) while civil servants, traders and students were 152
(30.4%), 33 (6.6) and 3 (0.6%) respectively (Table 3). Findings in this study show that the highest prevalence of HIV, HBV and
HCV were recorded among Traders (60.6%, 30.3% and 6.1% respectively) whereas students and housewives ranked second in
the prevalence of HIV (33.3%) and HBV (2.2%) respectively. Apart from HIV where civil servants had prevalence of 5.9%, they
were the least infected with HBV (1.3%) and HCV (3.9%) compared to the other groups (Table 3).
Table 3: Age distribution of pregnant women attending Wuse, Nyanya and Gwarinpa District Hospitals in relation to
HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity
|
Age Range |
No. Tested |
HIV (%) |
HBV (%) |
HCV (%) |
|
15-20 |
55 |
1(1.8) |
1(1.8) |
1(1.8) |
|
21-25 |
157 |
21 (13.4) |
8 (5.1) |
3 (1.9) |
|
26-30 |
161 |
11 (6.8) |
6 (3.7) |
3 (1.9) |
|
31-35 |
104 |
8 (7.7) |
3 (2.9) |
1(1.0) |
|
36-40 |
17 |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
41-45 |
5 |
0 (0.0) |
1 (20.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
46-50 |
1 |
1 (100) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
500 |
42(8.4) |
19 (3.8) |
8 (1.6) |
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HIV infection among the married were higher than the singles (8.6% vs 6.5%), whereas the reverse was recorded for HBV in-
fection (3.0% vs 9.8%). In the case of HCV infection, the prevalence was the same for both groups (1.6%). The prevalence of
HIV, HBsAg and HCV among those transfused and those never transfused is shown in Table 4. Among the pregnant women
who claimed to have received blood transfusion at one time or the other, only 1 (1.4%) was positive for HIV, HBsAg 2 (2.8%)
and HCV, 6 (8.3%). However, those that never received blood transfusion had higher prevalence of HIV and HBV infections
(9.6% and 4.0% respectively) than the transfused except in HCV infection where prevalence was lower (0.5%).
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