Associantion between leprosy and hepatitis B infecion: a survey in Goiânia, Central Brazil Associação entre hanseniase e infecção pelo virus da hepatite B: estudo de prevalência realizado em Goiânia, Brasil Central

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Heitor Rosa, Ana Paula V.F. Costa, Maria Lúcia Ferraz, Suelene C. Pedroza, Ana Lúcia S.S. Andrade, Celina M.T. Martelli, Fábio Zicker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1992
• Subjects: Leprosy and Hepatitis B virus infection; Risk factors for Hepatitis B infection; Institutionalized leprosy patients; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Polo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000500008; https://doaj.org/article/c3df0282e02847f4a7077fba8c3bb289

This investigation presents the results of Hepatitis B virus screening among leprosy patients conducted in Central Brazil as a preliminary information for a HBV vaccination programme. The main objectives were to assess the seroprevalence of HBV serum markers among lepromatous patients and to analyse...