Seroprevalence and co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) among pregnant women in Lokoja, North-central Nigeria
المؤلفون المشاركون
Kolawole, Olatunji Matthew
Amuda, Oluwatomi Olufunke
Nzurumike, Charles
Sulayman, Muhammad Mustafa
Ogah, Jeremiah Ikhevha
المصدر
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
العدد
المجلد 18، العدد 10 (31 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2016-10-31
دولة النشر
الإمارات العربية المتحدة
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background : Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is normally associated with orofacial (orolabial) infections and encephalitis, whereas HSV-2 usually causes genital infections and can be transmitted from infected mothers to neonates.
The evidence suggesting that HSV is facilitating the spread of the global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and the risk posed by these synergies to neonates in developing countries informed this study.
Objectives : To determine the seroprevalence and co-infection of HIV and HSV, as well as their associated risk factors, in Lokoja, Nigeria.
Methods : This was a hospital-based cross-sectional, prospective study, which was carried out among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at the federal medical centre in Lokoja, Nigeria.
sociodemographic characteristics and HIV-HSV status were determined by the use of a structured questionnaire and immunoassay kits, respectively.
All data were analyzed using Stata statistical software (version 12), and the level of significance was determined to be P < 0.05 using the chi-square test.
Results : Of the 250 pregnant women screened for HIV and HSV, 154 (61.6%) were in the 2nd trimester of gestation, and all of the co-infected respondents were in their 2nd trimester.
Only six (2.4 %) of the respondents tested positive for HIV, with all six (100 %) showing positivity for HSV so the co-infection rate was six (2.4 %).
Co-infection was found to occur between the ages of 15 and 35 years, while higher age groups did not show any co-infection.
Parity, level of education, and history of painful genital ulcers had no significant association with co-infection.
Conclusions : Advocacyandpublicity to raise awareness of the potential public health impact of HSVandHIV co-infection in Nigeria, where anti-HSV testing is not generally performed in all populations, is therefore recommended.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Kolawole, Olatunji Matthew& Amuda, Oluwatomi Olufunke& Nzurumike, Charles& Sulayman, Muhammad Mustafa& Ogah, Jeremiah Ikhevha. 2016. Seroprevalence and co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) among pregnant women in Lokoja, North-central Nigeria. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 10, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724388
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Kolawole, Olatunji Matthew…[et al.]. Seroprevalence and co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) among pregnant women in Lokoja, North-central Nigeria. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 10 (Oct. 2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724388
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Kolawole, Olatunji Matthew& Amuda, Oluwatomi Olufunke& Nzurumike, Charles& Sulayman, Muhammad Mustafa& Ogah, Jeremiah Ikhevha. Seroprevalence and co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) among pregnant women in Lokoja, North-central Nigeria. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2016. Vol. 18, no. 10, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724388
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
رقم السجل
BIM-724388
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