Detection of the Hepatitis C virus in a population of adults.
| Autor: | Fagundes GD; Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Brazil. gdf@unesc.net, Bonazza V, Ceretta LB, Back AJ, Bettiol J |
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| Jazyk: | English; Portuguese; Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: | Revista latino-americana de enfermagem [Rev Lat Am Enfermagem] 2008 May-Jun; Vol. 16 (3), pp. 396-400. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0104-11692008000300010 |
| Abstrakt: | Unlabelled: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults from Criciuma-SC and to search factors associated with the viral transmission. Methods: During a health campaign, a questionnaire about factors associated to HCV transmission and tests to detect HCV were applied. A representative sample of the population was considered with 300 voluntaries. Fisher's Exact test, Mann-Whitney and Kappa tests were performed (p values < 0.05 were considered significant). Results: HCV was detected in 7/ 457 (1.53 %) voluntaries. Subjects with positive HCV had a mean of 5.7 (+/- 4.1 SD) sexual partners in the last 10 years, which was significantly higher than those with negative anti-HCV (mean sexual partners 2 +/- 2.5 SD) (p= 0.01). Conclusion: The prevalence of HCV in a voluntary population of adults from Criciuma-SC was high and there was significant association between positive anti-HCV and higher number of sexual partners. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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