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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B among pregnant women in Varna Region, Bulgaria

Author(s) -

Tsankova Gabriela Staneva,

Kostadinova Tsvetelina,

Todorova Tatina Todorova

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of medical virology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782

H-Index - 121

eISSN - 1096-9071

pISSN - 0146-6615

DOI - 10.1002/jmv.24543

Subject(s) - seroprevalence , virology , pregnancy , medicine , biology , serology , antibody , immunology , genetics

The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among pregnant women in Varna Region, Bulgaria. During the period 2009–2013, an average prevalence of 2.26% (95%CI 1.75, 2.91) was measured in a total number of 2,700 samples. Analysis demonstrated that rural residence and minority ethnic origin are important risk factors for hepatitis B infection among pregnant women with hazard ratios of 2.40 (95%CI 1.46, 3.94), and 2.43 (95%CI 1.46, 4.05) when compared with urban residence and ethnic majority origin, respectively. J. Med. Virol. 88:2012–2015, 2016 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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