A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Triplex Infections (Combined Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus) among Pregnant Women in Nigeria.
George Uchenna ElejeOlabisi Morebise LotoHadiza Abdullahi UsmanChinyere Ukamaka OnuboguPreye Owen FiebaiGodwin Otuodichinma AkabaAyyuba RabiuIkechukwu Innocent MbachuMoriam Taiwo ChibuzorRebecca Chinyelu ChukwuanukwuNgozi Nneka Joe-IkechebeluEmeka Philip IgbodikeRichard Obinwanne EgeonuIjeoma Chioma OppahUchenna Chukwunonso OgwaluonyeChike Henry NwankwoStephen Okoroafor KaluChisom God'swill ChigboChukwuanugo Nkemakonam OgbuaguShirley Nneka ChukwurahChinwe Elizabeth UzochukwuAishat AhmedChiamaka Henrietta JibuakuSamuel Oluwagbenga InuyomiBukola Abimbola AdesojiUbong Inyang AnyangEkene Agatha EmekaOdion Emmanuel IgueOgbonna Dennis OkoroPrince Ogbonnia AjaChiamaka Perpetua ChidozieHadiza Sani IbrahimFatima Ele AliyuHarrison Chiro UgwuorokoAisha Ismaila NumanSolace Amechi OmoruyiOsita Samuel UmeononihuChukwuemeka Chukwubuikem OkoroIfeanyi Kingsley NwaejuArinze Anthony OnwuegbunaLydia Ijeoma ElejeDavid Chibuike IkwukaEric Okechukwu UmehSussan Ifeyinwa NwejeIfeoma Clara AjubaAngela Ogechukwu UgwuUzoamaka Rufina EbubedikeDivinefavour Echezona MalachyChigozie Geoffrey OkaforNnaedozie Paul ObiegbuEmmanuel Onyebuchi UgwuIbrahim Adamu YakasaiOliver Chukwujekwu EzechiJoseph Ifeanyichukwu IkechebeluPublished in: Obstetrics and gynecology international (2023)
The combined prevalence of prenatal triplex infections was 0.03%, with rates notably higher among the group of pregnant women who were HIV-positive and during the recruitment period that took place before 2012. This prevalence still necessitates screening for these infections as necessary.