ARTICLE
Mother-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
- Médecine tropicale , 62 (1) : 99-100
Lien de l'article :
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20023068075
Discipline :
Sciences sanitaires
Auteur(s) :
D. Ilboudo, A. Sawadogo, J. Simporé
Renseignée par : SIMPORE Jacques
Résumé
A prospective study was conducted during July-September 1999 of 299 pregnant women (aged 15-43 years; mean age 25.3 years), attending a medical centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to determine the incidence of mother-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV). The presence of HBV antigens was tested for by enzyme immunoassay. The infants of HBV-positive mothers were also tested for HBV. Results showed that 36 mothers (12.04%) were positive for HBV antigen and 4 of these were carriers of HBV antigen. Among the infants, 9 were carriers of the HBV antigen.
Mots-clés
Transmission mère-enfant, virus de l’hépatite B, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, hépatite virale