High prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV among women survivors of sexual violence in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Parvine Basimane BisimwaGiscard Wilfried KoyawedaDieudonné Bihehe MasemoRodrigue Balthazar Basengere AyagirweAhadi Bwihangane BirindwaPatrick Ntagereka BisimwaGeorges Kikuni BesulaniThéophile Mitima KashosiCadeau Mugisho MatabishiBienfait Mitima MisukaJean Paulin Mbo MukonkoleJean Bisimwa NachegaDenis Mukwege MukengereNarcisse Patrice Joseph KomasPublished in: PloS one (2024)
This study revealed a high prevalence of HBV and HIV infections among WSSV in South Kivu. The results generated highlight the urgent need for systematic screening of HBV and HIV by integrating fourth-generation ELISA tests in HIV and HBV control programs.