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Nucleic acid testing identifies high prevalence of blood borne viruses among approved blood donors in Mozambique

Mabunda, nédio; Augusto, orvalho; Zicai, ana flora; Duajá, ana; Oficiano, Sandra; Ismael, nalia; Vubil, adolfo; Mussá, tufária; Moraes, milton; Jani, ilesh.
PLos ONE; 17 (4), 2022
Background: Although blood transfusion is an intervention that saves lives, it poses significant risks to the blood receivers, including the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. We aimed at determining the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (...
Blood Donors, DNA, Viral/blood, HIV Infections/diagnosis, HIV Infections/epidemiology, Hepatitis B/diagnosis, Hepatitis B/epidemiology, Hepatitis C/diagnosis, Hepatitis C/epidemiology, RNA, Viral/blood, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Mozambique/epidemiology
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with hiv/hepatitis b and HIV/hepatitis C co infections among people who inject drugs in mozambique

Baltazar, cynthia semá; Boothe, makini; Kellogg, timothy; Ricardo, paulino; Sathane, isabel; Fazito, erika; Raymond, henry f; Temmerman, marleen; Luchters, stanley.
Background: There is scare information about HIV co-infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Mozambique. This information is critical to ensure the treatment necessary to decrease the progression of liver disease and the transmission o...
Hepatitis B/epidemiology, HIV, Substance-Related Disorders, Viral Load, Ambulatory Care, Hepatitis C, Infections, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Drug Users, Coinfection/epidemiology, Coinfection/psychology, Coinfection/virology, Drug Users/psychology, Drug Users/statistics & numerical data, Epidemics, HIV Infections/epidemiology, HIV Infections/psychology, HIV Infections/virology, Hepacivirus, Hepatitis B/psychology, Hepatitis B/virology, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C/epidemiology
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