Hepatitis A antibodies in two socioeconomically distinct populations of São Paulo, Brazil
To evaluate the prevalence of antibody against hepatitis A in two socioeconomically distinct populations of a developing country, 540 serum specimens from children and adults living in São Paulo, Brazil, were tested for IgG anti HAV by a commercial radioimunoassay (Havab, Abbott Laboratories). The p...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:786317e3e8cd4929885badda584e0826 2024-09-09T19:24:27+00:00 Hepatitis A antibodies in two socioeconomically distinct populations of São Paulo, Brazil Claudio Sergio Pannuti João Silva de Mendonça Manoel J. M. Carvalho Gabriel Wolf Oselka Vicente Amato Neto 1985-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651985000300009 https://doaj.org/article/786317e3e8cd4929885badda584e0826 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651985000300009&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651985000300009 https://doaj.org/article/786317e3e8cd4929885badda584e0826 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp 162-164 (1985) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1985 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651985000300009 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z To evaluate the prevalence of antibody against hepatitis A in two socioeconomically distinct populations of a developing country, 540 serum specimens from children and adults living in São Paulo, Brazil, were tested for IgG anti HAV by a commercial radioimunoassay (Havab, Abbott Laboratories). The prevalence of anti-HAV in low socioeconomic level subjects was 75.0% in children 2-11 years old and 100.0% in adults, whereas in middle socioeconomic level significantly lower prevalences were observed (40.3% in chidren 2-11 years old and 91.9% in adults). Voluntary blood donors of middle socioeconomic level showed a prevalence of 90.4%. These data suggest that hepatitis A infection remains a highly endemic disease in São Paulo, Brazil. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Abbott ENVELOPE(-62.133,-62.133,-64.100,-64.100) Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 27 3 162 164 |
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To evaluate the prevalence of antibody against hepatitis A in two socioeconomically distinct populations of a developing country, 540 serum specimens from children and adults living in São Paulo, Brazil, were tested for IgG anti HAV by a commercial radioimunoassay (Havab, Abbott Laboratories). The prevalence of anti-HAV in low socioeconomic level subjects was 75.0% in children 2-11 years old and 100.0% in adults, whereas in middle socioeconomic level significantly lower prevalences were observed (40.3% in chidren 2-11 years old and 91.9% in adults). Voluntary blood donors of middle socioeconomic level showed a prevalence of 90.4%. These data suggest that hepatitis A infection remains a highly endemic disease in São Paulo, Brazil. |
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Hepatitis A antibodies in two socioeconomically distinct populations of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Hepatitis A antibodies in two socioeconomically distinct populations of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Hepatitis A antibodies in two socioeconomically distinct populations of São Paulo, Brazil |
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