Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) among HIV positive patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was to assessed the percentage prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among HIV patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,KanoNigeriabetween Augusts to November, 2007. The study involved the Screening of 200 HIV positive patients using rapid strip test (Biotech Lab.) for the detection of HBsAg in serum samples. The results obtained were (6%) 12 are positive to HBsAg out of the 200 patients screened. Therefore, the percentage prevalence was 6%. Similarly, the incidence was found to be higher in the age group 21-30 years with (2%) 4 positive while (3.5%) 7 with highest percentage prevalence in females as compared with males (2.5%) 5 statistical analyses have shown that there was a great significance relationship between HBsAg and the patients based on sex.