Prevalence of serological hepatitis B markers in a working population in Hefei, China
| Autor: | JF Wang, Haruo Nakatsuka, Kazunori Seiji, Masayuki Ikeda, ZR Wen, SQ Li, Miyuki Kasahara, YT Hu, Osamu Inoue, Takao Watanabe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty HBsAg China Adolescent 030231 tropical medicine Prevalence Radioimmunoassay medicine.disease_cause Serology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Liver Function Tests 030225 pediatrics Internal medicine medicine Working population Humans Hepatitis B Antibodies Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis B Surface Antigens biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors virus diseases Hepatitis B Middle Aged medicine.disease digestive system diseases Immunology biology.protein Female Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 1(4) |
| ISSN: | 1010-5395 |
| Popis: | Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody (HBsAg and anti-HBs, respectively) prevalence was examined by means of solid-phase radioimmunoassay in 503 serum samples obtained from factory workers (230 men and 273 women) in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province, China, in 1985. The prevalence of HBsAg-positlve cases was 8% and that of anti-HBs-positive cases was 46%; the overall prevalence rate was 53% when the positivity in either of the two was considered to be indicative of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. There was no significant sex difference in the rate, whereas anti-HBs rate was slightly elevated in accordance with increased age. The review and evaluation of existing data in 14 articles led to a conclusion that the current HBV prevalence among Chinese populations will be in the range of 50% to 60%. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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