KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY, BAMENDA HEALTH DISTRICT, NWR, CAMEROON.

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a viral infection which can be transmitted via percutaneous and mucosal exposure to body fluid. This makes HBV an important nosocomial infection among Health Care Workers (HCWs). Stratified sampling technique was used to collect raw data and ethical clearance for this study was obtained form the National Ethical Committee in Cameroon