{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2139355599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ijmms2013.0916","title":"Maternal and neonatal seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in a hospital based population in South-South, Nigeria","display_name":"Maternal and neonatal seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in a hospital based population in South-South, Nigeria","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-05-30","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2139355599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ijmms2013.0916","mag":"2139355599"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:2139355599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ijmms2013.0916","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJMMS/article-abstract/6757BA682","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764513290","display_name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","issn_l":"2006-9723","issn":["2006-9723"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321074","host_organization_name":"Academic Journals","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321074"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Academic Journals"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJMMS/article-abstract/6757BA682","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5017379910","display_name":"Justina Omoikhefe Alegbeleye","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1608-888X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1608-888X"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Justina Omoikhefe Alegbeleye","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013247893","display_name":"T. K. Nyengidik","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"T. K. Nyengidik","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015340687","display_name":"J. I. Ikimal","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J. I. Ikimal","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5134,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":20,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.83353474,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"5","issue":"5","first_page":"241","last_page":"246"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10340","display_name":"Hepatitis B Virus Studies","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2713","display_name":"Epidemiology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10340","display_name":"Hepatitis B Virus Studies","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2713","display_name":"Epidemiology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10151","display_name":"Hepatitis C virus research","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2721","display_name":"Hepatology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10146","display_name":"Cervical Cancer and HPV Research","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2713","display_name":"Epidemiology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hepatitis-b-virus","display_name":"hepatitis B virus","score":0.9539999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hepatitis-b-surface-antigen","display_name":"hepatitis B surface antigen","score":0.9509999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/seroprevalence","display_name":"seroprevalence","score":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vertical-transmission","display_name":"vertical transmission","score":0.9309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pregnant-women","display_name":"pregnant women","score":0.6370000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neonatal-infection","display_name":"neonatal infection","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/umbilical-cord-blood","display_name":"umbilical cord blood","score":0.8930000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/risk-factors","display_name":"risk factors","score":0.7540000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/abortion","display_name":"abortion","score":0.8889999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-sexual-partners","display_name":"multiple sexual partners","score":0.984000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prenatal-screening","display_name":"prenatal screening","score":0.7649999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/south-south-nigeria","display_name":"South-South Nigeria","score":0.7509999871253967}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.9356661438941956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777410769","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2282887","display_name":"HBsAg","level":4,"score":0.8609879016876221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778494684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511357","display_name":"Seroprevalence","level":4,"score":0.8082427382469177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C761482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118093","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","level":2,"score":0.5696614384651184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780593183","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6844","display_name":"Hepatitis B virus","level":3,"score":0.5647537708282471},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.5553163290023804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C131872663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5284418","display_name":"Obstetrics","level":1,"score":0.5523984432220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777382497","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6853","display_name":"Hepatitis B","level":2,"score":0.471329927444458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779234561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11995","display_name":"Pregnancy","level":2,"score":0.44273319840431213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44249647","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208498","display_name":"Confidence interval","level":2,"score":0.42503392696380615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203014093","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101929","display_name":"Immunology","level":1,"score":0.38225674629211426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187212893","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123028","display_name":"Pediatrics","level":1,"score":0.3663867115974426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522874641","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808","display_name":"Virus","level":2,"score":0.2818887531757355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.25302213430404663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.19862186908721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159654299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79460","display_name":"Antibody","level":2,"score":0.15883639454841614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45189115","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502159","display_name":"Serology","level":3,"score":0.12751233577728271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:2139355599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ijmms2013.0916","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJMMS/article-abstract/6757BA682","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764513290","display_name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","issn_l":"2006-9723","issn":["2006-9723"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321074","host_organization_name":"Academic Journals","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321074"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Academic Journals"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"mag:2139355599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ijmms2013.0916","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJMMS/article-abstract/6757BA682","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764513290","display_name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","issn_l":"2006-9723","issn":["2006-9723"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321074","host_organization_name":"Academic Journals","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321074"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Academic Journals"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":1.0,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":0.8700000047683716,"display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1295858","https://openalex.org/W1599791623","https://openalex.org/W2026321005","https://openalex.org/W2032905790","https://openalex.org/W2037524415","https://openalex.org/W2103843423","https://openalex.org/W2104969243","https://openalex.org/W2110086490","https://openalex.org/W2121720297","https://openalex.org/W2121738296","https://openalex.org/W2187108820","https://openalex.org/W2231612833","https://openalex.org/W2265332187","https://openalex.org/W2469265296","https://openalex.org/W2612059913"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2169695036","https://openalex.org/W2564542158","https://openalex.org/W2908126704","https://openalex.org/W22005783","https://openalex.org/W1514905844","https://openalex.org/W3141575079","https://openalex.org/W2513569695","https://openalex.org/W2604283557","https://openalex.org/W3174604530","https://openalex.org/W2110086490","https://openalex.org/W1915703588","https://openalex.org/W2283336378","https://openalex.org/W2012052665","https://openalex.org/W1586699602","https://openalex.org/W3080495662","https://openalex.org/W3018088561","https://openalex.org/W2981158253","https://openalex.org/W1504780509","https://openalex.org/W2038331583","https://openalex.org/W2587353648"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Despite":[0],"the":[1,24,77,97,113,117,154,183,190,262,275,279,285],"existence":[2],"of":[3,23,36,56,71,79,87,106,116,119,156,182,205,212,227,241,243,253,281,284,292,309],"a":[4,12,202,208,223],"safe":[5],"and":[6,65,90,131,153,207,245,273,294],"effective":[7],"vaccine,":[8],"Nigeria":[9],"has":[10],"remained":[11],"hyper-endemic":[13],"area":[14],"for":[15,38,144,166,171,264],"hepatitis":[16,39,46,80,254],"B":[17,40,47,59,81,230,255,303],"virus":[18,41,48,231,256],"infection,":[19,276],"with":[20,96,174,222,239],"estimated":[21],"12%":[22],"total":[25],"population":[26],"being":[27],"chronic":[28,66],"carriers.":[29],"Vertical":[30],"transmission":[31,37,89,225,283],"is":[32],"an":[33,52,102],"important":[34],"route":[35],"infection.":[42,98],"Neonates":[43],"who":[44,110],"contact":[45],"infection":[49,232,257,297],"will":[50],"have":[51],"almost":[53],"90%":[54],"risk":[55,93,157,280],"developing":[57],"chronic\u00a0hepatitis":[58],"surface":[60,304],"antigen":[61,305],"(HBsAg)":[62],"carrier":[63],"state":[64],"liver":[67],"disease.":[68],"The":[69],"objectives":[70],"this":[72,145],"study":[73,100],"was":[74,101,147,161,187,193,235,258],"to":[75,112,149,219,271],"determine":[76],"sero-prevalence":[78],"Virus":[82],"among":[83],"pregnant":[84,108,129,184],"women,":[85,200],"rate":[86,204,211,226],"vertical":[88,224,282],"identifying":[91],"potential":[92],"factors":[94],"associated":[95],"This":[99],"observational":[103],"cross-sectional":[104],"\u00a0study":[105],"250":[107],"women":[109,130,185],"presented":[111],"labour":[114],"ward":[115],"University":[118,308],"Port-Harcourt":[120,310],"Teaching":[121,311],"Hospital":[122,312],"(UPTH).":[123],"Blood":[124],"samples":[125],"from":[126],"all":[127],"consenting":[128],"corresponding":[132],"umbilical":[133],"cord":[134],"blood":[135],"were":[136,217],"collected":[137],"at":[138,176,290],"delivery.":[139],"A":[140],"structured":[141],"proforma":[142],"designed":[143],"purpose":[146],"used":[148],"obtain":[150],"socio-demographic":[151],"information":[152],"presence":[155],"factors.":[158],"Data":[159],"collated":[160],"analysed":[162],"using":[163],"Statistical":[164],"Package":[165],"Social":[167],"Sciences":[168],"(SPSS)":[169],"17.0":[170],"windows\u00ae\u00a0statistical":[172],"software":[173],"P<0.05":[175],"95%":[177],"confidence":[178],"interval.The":[179],"mean":[180,191],"age":[181],"studied":[186],"33.5\u00b10.8\u00a0years,":[188],"while":[189],"parity":[192],"1.58":[194],"\u00b1":[195],"0.5.\u00a0HBsAg\u00a0was":[196],"detected":[197],"in":[198,237,267,269],"15":[199],"giving":[201],"seroprevalence":[203,210],"6%":[206],"neonatal":[209],"3.2%.":[213],"All":[214],"HBsAg-positive":[215,220],"babies":[216],"born":[218],"mothers":[221],"53.3%.":[228],"Hepatitis":[229],"amongst":[233],"parturients":[234],"more":[236],"patients":[238],"history":[240],"termination":[242],"pregnancy":[244,268,293],"\u00a0multiple":[246],"sexual":[247],"partners":[248],"(P<0.05).":[249],"An":[250],"intermediate":[251],"prevalence":[252],"identified":[259],"which":[260],"justifies":[261],"need":[263],"routine":[265],"screening":[266],"order":[270],"identify":[272],"treat":[274],"thus":[277],"reducing":[278],"virus.":[286],"Contraceptive":[287],"options":[288],"aimed":[289],"prevention":[291],"sexually":[295],"transmitted":[296],"(STI)":[298],"should":[299],"be":[300],"encouraged.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tKey":[301],"words:\u00a0Hepatitis":[302],"(HBsAg),":[306],"seroprevalence,":[307],"(UPTH),":[313],"Nigeria.":[314]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}