Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America
The seroprevalence of hepatitis B was investigated in over 12 000 subjects in six countries of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. Each study population was stratified according to age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Antibodies against hepatitis...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4348964d183b42a282f912de1e00ebc0 2023-05-15T15:02:35+02:00 Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America Thêmis R. Silveira José Carlos da Fonseca Luis Rivera Oscar H. Fay Roberto Tapia José I. Santos Eduardo Urdeneta Sue Ann Costa Clemens 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891999001100002 https://doaj.org/article/4348964d183b42a282f912de1e00ebc0 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891999001100002&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 doi:10.1590/s1020-49891999001100002 https://doaj.org/article/4348964d183b42a282f912de1e00ebc0 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 6, Iss 6, Pp 378-383 (1999) Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 1999 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891999001100002 2022-12-30T23:20:41Z The seroprevalence of hepatitis B was investigated in over 12 000 subjects in six countries of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. Each study population was stratified according to age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were measured in order to determine hepatitis B infection. The highest overall seroprevalence was found in the Dominican Republic (21.4%), followed by Brazil (7.9%), Venezuela (3.2%), Argentina (2.1%), Mexico (1.4%), and Chile (0.6%). In all the countries an increase in seroprevalence was found among persons 16 years old and older, suggesting sexual transmission as the major route of infection. In addition, comparatively high seroprevalence levels were seen at an early age in the Dominican Republic and Brazil, implicating a vertical route of transmission. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Argentina Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 6 6 |
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The seroprevalence of hepatitis B was investigated in over 12 000 subjects in six countries of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. Each study population was stratified according to age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were measured in order to determine hepatitis B infection. The highest overall seroprevalence was found in the Dominican Republic (21.4%), followed by Brazil (7.9%), Venezuela (3.2%), Argentina (2.1%), Mexico (1.4%), and Chile (0.6%). In all the countries an increase in seroprevalence was found among persons 16 years old and older, suggesting sexual transmission as the major route of infection. In addition, comparatively high seroprevalence levels were seen at an early age in the Dominican Republic and Brazil, implicating a vertical route of transmission. |
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Thêmis R. Silveira José Carlos da Fonseca Luis Rivera Oscar H. Fay Roberto Tapia José I. Santos Eduardo Urdeneta Sue Ann Costa Clemens |
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Thêmis R. Silveira José Carlos da Fonseca Luis Rivera Oscar H. Fay Roberto Tapia José I. Santos Eduardo Urdeneta Sue Ann Costa Clemens |
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Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America |
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Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America |
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Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America |
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Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America |
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Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America |
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