Awareness and prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Nigeria: A national pilot cross-sectional study.
George Uchenna ElejeAyyuba RabiuIkechukwu Innocent MbachuGodwin Otuodichinma AkabaOlabisi Morebise LotoHadiza Abdullahi UsmanPreye Owen FiebaiRebecca Chinyelu ChukwuanukwuNgozi Nneka Joe-IkechebeluChike Henry NwankwoStephen Okoroafor KaluChinyere Ukamaka OnuboguChukwuanugo Nkemakonam OgbuaguShirley Nneka ChukwurahChinwe Elizabeth UzochukwuSamuel Oluwagbenga InuyomiBukola Abimbola AdesojiUchenna Chukwunonso OgwaluonyeEkene Agatha EmekaRichard Obinwanne EgeonuOdion Emmanuel IgueChiamaka Henrietta JibuakuOgbonna Dennis OkoroPrince Ogbonnia AjaChiamaka Perpetua ChidozieHadiza Sani IbrahimFatima Ele AliyuAisha Ismaila NumanSolace Amechi OmoruyiIjeoma Chioma OppahUbong Inyang AnyangAishat AhmedOsita Samuel UmeononihuEric Okechukwu UmehSussan Ifeyinwa NwejeIfeoma Clara AjubaChukwuemeka Chukwubuikem OkoroArinze Anthony OnwuegbunaEmeka Philip IgbodikeIfeanyi Kingsley NwaejuIbrahim Adamu YakasaiOliver Chukwujekwu EzechiJoseph Ifeanyichukwu IkechebeluPublished in: Women's health (London, England) (2021)
Awareness of hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Nigeria is low and those aware are positively influenced by young age and high educational level. The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection is high and provides preliminary evidence to justify antenatal routine screening.