Prevalence of Human Herpes Virus-8 and Hepatitis B Virus among HIV Seropositive Pregnant Women Enrolled in the Mother-to-child HIV Transmission Prevention Program at Saint Camille Medical Centre in Burkina Faso


	Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
	Year: 2007 \| Volume: 10 \| Issue: 17 \| Page No.: 2831-2837 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2831.2837

Denise Ilboudo, Damintoti Karou, Wendyame M.C. Nadembega, Aly Savadogo, Ouermi Djeneba Salvatore Pignatelli, Virginio Pietra, Augustin Bere, Jacques Simpore and Alfred S. Traore

Abstract: The aims of this research are: i) to evaluate the prevalence of HHV-8, HBV and HIV among pregnant women, ii) to determine the percentage of these co-infections and iii) to estimate the frequency of the mother-to-child transmission of HIV among HBV and HHV-8 positive mothers. Thus, 379 pregnant women attending ante-natal consultation in Saint Camille Medical Centre were subject to HIV, HHV-8 antibodies and the viral marker Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) detection. We observed 48/379 (12.66%) HIV seropositive subjects. Among them, HIV-1 type infection was predominant (95.83%), only 2/48 (4.17%) subjects had a dual HIV-1 type and HIV-2 type infection, no single HIV-2 type infection was detected. 38/379 (10.02%) subjects were infected by HHV-8 and 30/379 (7.91%) were HBsAg positive. HHV-8 and HIV Co-infections rates were high within HBV positive patients and we had respectively 20.00 and 16.67%. 10.42% HIV positive women were co-infected by HBV while 12.50% were infected by HHV-8. Then, 15.79% subjects HHV-8 positive were co-infected by HBV or HIV. In spite of the PMTCT protocol application, five (10.42%) HIV positive women transmitted the virus to their children. Two HIV positive mothers were co-infected by HHV-8 and one by HBV. Among the 5 HIV infected, one mother (20.0%) was HBV positive and two (40.0%) HHV-8 positive. Although we did not have a large sample which would show large prélalences of the infections, we could put forward that the Co-infection of the HIV with one of these viruses (HBV or HHV-8) could favorite the mother-to-child transmission.

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Denise Ilboudo, Damintoti Karou, Wendyame M.C. Nadembega, Aly Savadogo, Ouermi Djeneba Salvatore Pignatelli, Virginio Pietra, Augustin Bere, Jacques Simpore and Alfred S. Traore, 2007. Prevalence of Human Herpes Virus-8 and Hepatitis B Virus among HIV Seropositive Pregnant Women Enrolled in the Mother-to-child HIV Transmission Prevention Program at Saint Camille Medical Centre in Burkina Faso. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 10: 2831-2837.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2831.2837

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2007.2831.2837

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