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| Title |
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in Bo, Sierra Leone, 2012–2013
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-018-3218-8 |
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| Authors |
Rashid Ansumana, Donald F. Dariano, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Tomasz A. Leski, Joseph M. Lamin, Joseph Lahai, Umaru Bangura, Alfred S. Bockarie, Chris R. Taitt, Chadwick Yasuda, Moses J. Bockarie, David A. Stenger |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among febrile individuals tested at Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory (MHRL) in Bo, Sierra Leone. A total of 860 febrile individuals ages 5 years and older were tested by MHRL between July 2012 and June 2013 with a Standard Diagnostics Bioline HBsAg rapid diagnostic test. The overall HBsAg prevalence rate was 13.7%, including a rate of 15.5% among males and 12.6% among females. The HBsAg rate did not differ by child or adult age group (p > 0.5). The prevalence rate in Bo was similar to the 11-15% HBsAg prevalence rates reported in the past decade from other studies across West Africa. Scaling up the infant hepatitis B vaccination program in Sierra Leone will be important for reducing the future burden of disease and premature death attributable to chronic viral hepatitis B disease. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 70 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 27 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 29 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 February 2018.
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#15,492,327
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#2,333
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#269,526
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#59
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