THE PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND C CO-INFECTION AMONG HIV PATIENTS UNDER ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ATTENDING KIRINDA DISTRICT HOSPITAL

Abstract

The main objective of our study is the prevalence of hepatitis B and C among HIV patient attending KIRINDA HOSPITAL. The methodology of our study was cross section involving all HIV patients above 18 years attending KIRINDA HOSPITAL. After carrying our study on sample size of 82 patients attending KIRINDA HOSPITAL we have seen that 5(6.1%), 6(7.3%) , and 1(1.2%) of those infected being detected with HIV/HBV, HIV/HCV and HIV/HBV/HCV co- infections respectively , which are higher than that previously observed in Rwanda. Un protected sexual intercourse was only significantly associated with such co – infection (p=0.018 and 0.028 for HIV/HBV, HIV/HCV respectively