Trend of selected risk factors for hepatitis B infection among the drug addicts in Bangladesh: a five year statistics.

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dc.contributor.authorLucy, R Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorAkter, S F Uen_US
dc.contributor.authorHussain, S Zen_US
dc.contributor.authorHaque, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorIslam, M Aen_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-12-07en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T03:47:18Z
dc.date.available2005-12-07en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T03:47:18Z
dc.date.issued2005-12-07en_US
dc.descriptionBangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present retrospective study was conducted by review of records of last five years from 1996 to 2000, among 1497 drug addicts, admitted in a selected drug addicts treatment centre in Dhaka, with an aim to find out the trend of occurrence of hepatitis B infection among the drug addicts, as well as the trend of the risk factors. It was found from the study that during the period of five years, among the total drug addicts, sixty-nine addicts were found to be hepatitis B positive as determined by HBsAg status. The main contributing risk factors were found to be history of exposure to the commercial sex workers (CWS), injecting drug use (IDUs) and needle sharing. It was also found that the trend of hepatitis B infection was gradually falling down among the drug addicts probably due to reduction of the risk factors, especially the injection of drugs. It can be recommended that as a considerable portion of (NUDS) have shown evidence of hepatitis B infection, especially those who were using and sharing needles with others. Therefore, for protecting them from this dreadful infection, drug addicts should be counseled to avoid the above high risk behavior.en_US
dc.description.affiliationUNFPA Bangladesh.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLucy RH, Akter SF, Hussain SZ, Haque M, Islam MA. Trend of selected risk factors for hepatitis B infection among the drug addicts in Bangladesh: a five year statistics. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin. 2005 Dec; 31(3): 110-6en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/415
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BMRCB/indexen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshBangladesh --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHepatitis B --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHepatitis B Surface Antigensen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshNeedle Sharing --adverse effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshProstitutionen_US
dc.subject.meshRetrospective Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshStreet Drugs --adverse effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshSubstance Abuse Treatment Centersen_US
dc.subject.meshSubstance Abuse, Intravenous --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshSubstance-Related Disordersen_US
dc.subject.meshTime Factorsen_US
dc.titleTrend of selected risk factors for hepatitis B infection among the drug addicts in Bangladesh: a five year statistics.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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