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September 09-10, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
2
nd
Global Summit on
3
rd
International Conference on
Dermatology and Cosmetology
Wound Care, Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine
Joint Event
&
Journal of Dermatology Research and Skin Care | Volume 3
Dermatol Res Skin Care, Volume 3
Investigation of impact and spatial hematological variation among subjects infected with
Hepatitis B virus in some Niger Delta communities
Obioma Azuonwu
1
, Frank-Peterside Nnnena
2
, Azuonwu Testmonies
1
, Akpan Roseline James
1
, Wokem Gloria
Ngozika
1
and
Anthony Augustine Uzochi
1
1
Rivers State University, Nigeria
2
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
T
he focus of the study was to investigate the impact and
spatial hematological variations among subjects infected
with Hepatitis B Virus in some Niger Delta Communities.
A total of 1000 subjects of age ≥15 were recruited through
convenience random sampling research design. Three
milliliters of whole venous blood were collected from the
anticubital vein of each subject and was dispensed into an
Ethyl Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid (EDTA) bottle. The blood was
used to screen for the presence of surface antigen of Hepatitis
B virus and also, the Packed Cell Volume (PCV), Hemoglobin
(Hb) and White Blood Cell (WBC) count was determined
using standard laboratory diagnostics techniques. The
result of the study recorded 14% prevalence rate of HBsAg
among the screened subjects; 40.7% of which were males
and 59.3% were females. The mean WBC count of the sero-
positive subjects was 8.73x108/l while that of the negative
subjects was 6.37x108/l, the mean Haemoglobin (Hb) value
of the infected subjects was 10.48 g/dl, while that of the non-
infected subjects was 11.54 g/dl, even as the mean PCV of
the sero-positive subjects was 31.56% while that of the sero-
negative subjects was 34.62%. The frequency of occurrence
of HBsAg among the different age groups showed that the
age group of 25-34 recorded a higher percentage of HBsAg
infection with 34.3%; while age group of 45-54 recorded
the least with 9.3% respectively. The need for continuous
robust health awareness campaign, especially in the rural
communities will be helpful towards reducing the trend, even
as the provision of functional health care facility with modern
laboratory diagnostic tools would also facilitate prompt
diagnosis and treatment of the infection in the limited
resource regions of the world.
Speaker Biography
Obioma Azuonwu works in the department of medical laboratory
science and is a faculty of science at Rivers State University of Science
and Technology located at Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. His research
interests are in the healthcare and its allied regions.
e:
bimajacobs@yahoo.co.uk