Richard Onyuthi Apecu

Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Co-infection: A Cross-sectional Household Survey in Kiruhura District, Southwestern, Uganda

Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Fred Bagenda, Frederic Byarugaba & I. I. Yap Bum · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2018

The aim of this study was set to determine the prevalence of HIV/HBV co-infections and the associated risk factors in the general population in the district of Kiruhura-Uganda. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted from April 2014 to November 2014 and 1874 people were...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40254

Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Syphilis among Voluntary Blood Donors in Rural Southwestern Uganda: A Retrospective Study

Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Edgar M. Mulogo, Fred Bagenda, Andrew Byamungu, Yap Boum II, Joel Bazira & Frederic Byarugaba · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2017

Despite the improvement with blood screening, transfusion transmissible infectious (TTIs) agents such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis are still among some of the challenges in the blood safety for the recipient...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2017/34605