Hepatitis B and C seroprevalence among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Rwanda

201564 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Fredrick Kateera · Rwanda Military Hospital

Tim Walker · University Teaching Hospital of Butare

Léon Mutesa · University of Rwanda

V. Mutabazi · Rwanda Biomedical Center

E. Musabeyesu

Constance Mukabatsinda · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali

Pascal Bihizimana · University of Rwanda

Abstract

Despite their high workplace exposure risk, HBV and HCV sero-prevalence rates among HCWs were low. The low HBV vaccination coverage and poor knowledge of preventative measures among HCWs suggest low levels of viral hepatitis awareness despite this high exposure.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis B Virus Studies Hepatitis C virus research Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volume 109, Issue 3, pp. 203-208

DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv004

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