Prevalence of malaria and hepatitis B among pregnant women in Northern Ghana: Comparing RDTs with PCR.

Nsoh Godwin Anabire Paul Armah AryeeAbass Abdul-KarimIssah Bakari AbdulaiOsbourne QuayeGordon Akanzuwine AwandareGideon Kofi Helegbe

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Our data has shown that, the RDTs are comparable to PCR and can give a representative picture of the prevalence of malaria and hepatitis B in endemic countries. Also, our results support the facts that improving socio-economic status is paramount in eliminating malaria in endemic settings. However, socio-economic status did not influence the prevalence of HBV mono-infection among pregnant women in Northern Ghana.

Keyphrases

risk factors
plasmodium falciparum
hepatitis b virus
cross sectional
machine learning
big data
data analysis