Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Hepatitis E virus infection is highly prevalent among pregnant women in Accra, Ghana | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Hepatitis E virus infection is highly prevalent among pregnant women in Accra Ghana Andrew A Adjei 1 Yao Tettey1 John T Aviyase2 Clement Adu-Gyamfi3 5 Samuel Obed4 Julius AA Mingle2 Patrick F Ayeh-Kumi2 and Theophilus K Adiku2 Address Department of Pathology University of Ghana Medical School Accra Ghana 2Department of Microbiology University of Ghana Medical School Accra Ghana 3Kumasi South Hospital Kumasi Ghana 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Ghana Medical School Kumasi Ghana and 5Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana Email Andrew A Adjei - deputyprovost@ Yao Tettey - ytettey@ John T Aviyase - ayivase@ Clement Adu-Gyamfi - clementgascua@ Samuel Obed - obedamenyi@ Julius AA Mingle - jamingle@ Patrick F Ayeh-Kumi - payehkumi@ Theophilus K Adiku - tekadiku@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 20 July 2009 Received 10 June 2009 Virology Journal 2009 6 108 doi 1743-422X-6-108 Accepted 20 July 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 108 2009 Adjei et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Hepatitis E virus HEV is highly endemic in several African countries with high mortality rate among pregnant women. The prevalence of antibodies to HEV in Ghana is not known. Therefore we evaluated the prevalence of anti-HEV IgG and anti-HEV IgM among pregnant women seen between the months of January and May 2008 at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Accra Ghana. Results One hundred and fifty-seven women provided blood
