_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: alkali.mohammed42@gmail.com; Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Gastroenterology 1(1): 1-7, 2018; Article no.AJRRGA.43143 Serological Screening of HBV and HCV among Patients with Suspected Liver Diseases Seen at a Tertiary Hospital in Bauchi, Nigeria Alkali Mohammed 1* , Okon Kenneth Okwong 2 , Yusuf Bara Jibrin 1 , Umar Mustapha Sabo 1 and Abdulrazak Toyin 3 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Nigeria. 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Nigeria. 3 Department of Chemical Pathology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors AM and OKO designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author AT managed the analyses of the study. Authors YBJ and UMS managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJRRGA/2018/43143 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Sarah Ralte, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Mawdiangdiang, India. (2) Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, “All India Institute of Medical Sciences”, Jodhpur, India. Reviewers: (1) Lívia Garcia Bertolacci-Rocha, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brasil. (2) Vivi Setiawaty, National Institute of Health Resrach and Development, Indonesia. (3) J. Y. Peter, University of Abuja, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/26216 Received 4 th June 2018 Accepted 29 th August 2018 Published 13 th September 2018 ABSTRACT Background: Epidemiological data of HBV and HCV in Bauchi state is still relatively limited, thus creates an epidemiological information gap in evaluating the public health problem, its negative clinical sequlae and high morbidity and mortality rate. This retrospective study evaluated the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV infections among patient with suspected liver disease cases presented over the study period. Original Research Article