| Autor: |
Greenfield C, Farci P, Osidiana V, Macpherson CN, Romig T, Zeyhle E, French M, Johnson B, Tukei P, Wankya BM, et. al. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
American journal of epidemiology [Am J Epidemiol] 1986 Mar; Vol. 123 (3), pp. 416-23. |
| DOI: |
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114256 |
| Abstrakt: |
In 1982-1984, an epidemiologic survey of the prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) in circulating blood (HBs-antigenemia) and of hepatitis delta virus infection was performed in Kenya. The distributions of hepatitis B virus and the delta virus were shown to be very variable. In southern Kenya, only two of 202 sera from HBsAg-positive individuals with no known liver disease and none from 123 HBsAg-positive patients with hepatitis B-related liver disease were positive for delta antibody. In contrast, in northern Kenya, there was an overall prevalence of delta antibody in healthy individuals of 31%. The distribution of delta infection is discussed in relation to lifestyle, ethnic group, and geographic area. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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