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High prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in rural black adults in Mseleni, South Africa.

Author(s) -

Salim S. Abdool Karim,

Rajendra Thejpal,

Bhugwan Singh

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.7.893

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b virus , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , hepatitis b , demography , virology , virus , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering

A community-based study in northern Natal/KwaZulu, South Africa, assessed the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in rural Black adults. The prevalence of HBV carriers was 4.4 percent in women (N = 342) and 7.1 percent in men (N = 99). At least one marker of HBV infection was present in 81 percent of women and 86 percent of men. The relative risk (RR) of HBV marker positivity in women due to scarification, adjusted for the presence of pierced ears, was 1.37 (95% CI = 0.9, 2.1). Risk factors such as scarification and pierced earlobes need to be further investigated to assess their role in the transmission of the HBV.

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