Open Access<p>Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Associated Factors Among Adults in Southwest Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Alemayehu Sayih Belay,
Dejene Derseh Abateneh,
Sisay Shewasinad Yehualashet,
Kindie Mitiku Kebede
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s259375
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , hbsag , cross sectional study , hepatitis b virus , confidence interval , odds ratio , hepatitis b , population , demography , viral hepatitis , logistic regression , serology , environmental health , immunology , virus , antibody , pathology , sociology
Ethiopia is grouped with countries with no national strategy for surveillance of viral hepatitis. Hence, data on hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the general population are limited. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of HBV infection among adults in Southwest Ethiopia.