Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and Antibody among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients in Fukuoka, Japan : A High Risk for Becoming Hepatitis B Virus Carriers
| Autor: | Masakazu Washjo, Seiya Okuda, Akinori Nagashima, Noritaka Tokui, Takesumi Yoshimura, Hideki Hirakata, Masatoshi Fujishima, Toru Sanai |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Hepatitis B virus
HBsAg Blood transfusion biology Epidemiology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment virus diseases General Medicine Hepatitis b surface antigen medicine.disease_cause Virology digestive system diseases medicine biology.protein In patient Chronic hemodialysis Hemodialysis Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Epidemiology. 4:99-102 |
| ISSN: | 0917-5040 |
| Popis: | The hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and its antibody (anti-HBs) were evaluated among 262 chronic hemodialysis patients in two hemodialysis units located in Fukuoka, Japan in 1990. The anti-HBs positive rate was found to be significantly higher in patients with blood transfusion than in those without it (38.0% vs. 25.0%, p |
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