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| Title |
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009)
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-5-115 |
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| Authors |
Julius Tieroyaare Dongdem, Sylvanus Kampo, Ireneous N Soyiri, Patrick Nsobila Asebga, Juventus B Ziem, Kenneth Sagoe |
| Abstract |
Despite education and availability of drugs and vaccines, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still the most common severe liver infection in the world accounting for >1 million annual deaths worldwide. Transfusion of infected blood, unprotected sex and mother to child transmission are 3 key transmission routes of HBV in Ghana. There is high incidence of blood demanding health situations in northern Ghana resulting from anemia, accidents, malnutrition, etc. The higher the demand, the higher the possibility of transmitting HBV through infected blood. The aim of the investigation was to estimate the prevalence of HBV in blood donors which will provide justification for interventions that will help minimize or eliminate HBV infection in Ghana. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 217 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 214 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 40 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 18% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 24 | 11% |
| Researcher | 14 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Unknown | 74 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 35 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 11% |
| Unknown | 78 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 15 April 2013.
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#14,724,943
of 22,663,150 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#2,116
of 4,248 outputs
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#97,488
of 156,341 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#39
of 67 outputs
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