AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 138, n° 7, 1993, pages 544-549, 12 réf., ISSN 0002-9262, USA
MCMAHON (B.J.), SCHOENBERG (S.), BULKOW (L.), WAINWRIGHT (R.B.), FITZGERALD (M.A.), PARKINSON (A.J.), COKER (E.), RITTER (D.)
Alaska Native medical cent. Indian health serv. Anchorage AK. USA
As a part of a program to screen and immunize as many Alaska Natives as possible against hepatitis B infection, hepatitis B virus seromarkers were measured in 52,022 Alaska Natives between 1983 and 1987.
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was found in 1,603 persons (3.1%), and 7,155 persons (13.8%) exhibited hepatitis B virus seropositivity.
While the prevalence of total seropositivity increased with increasing age (p<0.001), the proportion of seropositive persons who were also positive for HBsAg was significantly higher in children under age 5 years than in persons over age 60 (p<0.001).
The total hepatitis B virus seropositivity was significantly higher in males than in females (p<0.001), and a greater proportion of seropositive males than seropositive females had HBsAg (p<0.001).
Mots-clés BDSP : Prévalence, Séropositivité, Virus, Homme, Hépatite virale B, Virose, Infection, Etats Unis, Amérique, Dépistage, Prévention
Mots-clés Pascal : Prévalence, Sérologie, Séropositivité, Virus hépatite B, Hepadnaviridae, Virus, Homme, Hépatite virale B, Virose, Infection, Amérindien, Alaska, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Dépistage, Prévention
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Prevalence, Serology, Seropositivity, Hepatitis B virus, Hepadnaviridae, Virus, Human, Viral hepatitis B, Viral disease, Infection, Amerindian, Alaska, United States, North America, America, Medical screening, Prevention
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