Seroprevalence and predictors of hepatitis A infection in Nigerian children

Joanah Moses Ikobah; Henry Chima Okpara; Emmanuel Eyo Ekanem; Jacob Jackson Udo

doi:10.11604/pamj.2015.20.120.5501

The Pan African Medical Journal (Feb 2015)

Seroprevalence and predictors of hepatitis A infection in Nigerian children

Joanah Moses Ikobah,
Henry Chima Okpara,
Emmanuel Eyo Ekanem,
Jacob Jackson Udo

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Joanah Moses Ikobah: Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria
Henry Chima Okpara: Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Emmanuel Eyo Ekanem: Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria
Jacob Jackson Udo: Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.120.5501
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 120

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INTRODUCTION: hepatitis A infection is prevalent in developing countries where sanitation is still a public health issue. In Nigeria, there is no epidemiological data on children for this infection. A community based study was carried out to establish the seroprevalence and predictors of this infection in children.

Published in The Pan African Medical Journal

ISSN: 1937-8688 (Online)
Publisher: The Pan African Medical Journal
Country of publisher: Kenya
LCC subjects: Medicine
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