Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia

Background: Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death worldwide, with a higher mortality rate than that from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) or malaria. In order to meet the WHO’s goal of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030, there is a dire need to establish baseline preval...

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Autores principales:	Whitney Lieb, Yassah Moracious Barclay-Korboi, Christopher Dike, Amrin Khander, Samantha Raymond, Tatayana Kushner, Annmarie Beddoe
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ef003c73cf6147859b4453f96d530be12021-12-02T16:34:27ZPrevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia2214-999610.5334/aogh.3327https://doaj.org/article/ef003c73cf6147859b4453f96d530be12021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3327https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death worldwide, with a higher mortality rate than that from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) or malaria. In order to meet the WHO’s goal of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030, there is a dire need to establish baseline prevalence rates and increase public health awareness of this detrimental disease, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where establishing prevalence rates of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis (HCV) continues to be a problem. Objective: To establish baseline rates of hepatitis B and C among healthcare workers at the national medical center of Liberia. Methods: Between October 2017 to 2018 we performed a prospective study to determine rates of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among healthcare workers at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Medical Center, the national medical center of Liberia. All healthcare workers were offered one-time point of care hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis C antibody testing. Findings: Two hundred forty-five participants were tested for hepatitis B and C. 15 participants (6.12%) tested positive for hepatitis B [95% CI, 3.47%, 9.90%]. Eleven of the fifteen (73.3%) participants received confirmatory hepatitis B profile testing, and eight (72%) of those were found to be chronic hepatitis B carriers. No participants tested positive for hepatitis C Ab. Conclusion: Our finding of a greater than 5% prevalence rate, during first line testing, of chronic hepatitis B among health care workers, should help fuel efforts for national testing, vaccination, and treatment efforts in order to align with the WHO goals of elimination of hepatitis B and C by 2030.Whitney LiebYassah Moracious Barclay-KorboiChristopher DikeAmrin KhanderSamantha RaymondTatayana KushnerAnnmarie BeddoeUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 87, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Whitney Lieb Yassah Moracious Barclay-Korboi Christopher Dike Amrin Khander Samantha Raymond Tatayana Kushner Annmarie Beddoe Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia
description	Background: Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death worldwide, with a higher mortality rate than that from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) or malaria. In order to meet the WHO’s goal of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030, there is a dire need to establish baseline prevalence rates and increase public health awareness of this detrimental disease, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where establishing prevalence rates of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis (HCV) continues to be a problem. Objective: To establish baseline rates of hepatitis B and C among healthcare workers at the national medical center of Liberia. Methods: Between October 2017 to 2018 we performed a prospective study to determine rates of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among healthcare workers at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Medical Center, the national medical center of Liberia. All healthcare workers were offered one-time point of care hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis C antibody testing. Findings: Two hundred forty-five participants were tested for hepatitis B and C. 15 participants (6.12%) tested positive for hepatitis B [95% CI, 3.47%, 9.90%]. Eleven of the fifteen (73.3%) participants received confirmatory hepatitis B profile testing, and eight (72%) of those were found to be chronic hepatitis B carriers. No participants tested positive for hepatitis C Ab. Conclusion: Our finding of a greater than 5% prevalence rate, during first line testing, of chronic hepatitis B among health care workers, should help fuel efforts for national testing, vaccination, and treatment efforts in order to align with the WHO goals of elimination of hepatitis B and C by 2030.
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author	Whitney Lieb Yassah Moracious Barclay-Korboi Christopher Dike Amrin Khander Samantha Raymond Tatayana Kushner Annmarie Beddoe
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title	Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia
title_short	Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia
title_full	Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia
title_fullStr	Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia
title_sort	prevalence of hepatitis b and c among healthcare workers in a tertiary care center in monrovia liberia
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ef003c73cf6147859b4453f96d530be1
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia

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