Hepatitis B infection in Yemenis in Sana’a: pattern and risk factors | Zendy

K A Al-Nassiri | Zendy; Y A Raja'a | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Hepatitis B infection in Yemenis in Sana’a: pattern and risk factors

Author(s) -

K A Al-Nassiri,

Y A Raja'a

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

eastern mediterranean health journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 47

eISSN - 1687-1634

pISSN - 1020-3397

DOI - 10.26719/2001.7.1-2.147

Subject(s) - medicine , multivariate analysis , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis , immunology , virus

A cross-sectional seroepidemiological study was conducted among 2652 individuals [age range: 1 month-95 years; median 23 years] who presented at Sana’a Central Health Laboratory in response to a campaign to control hepatitis B virus. Screening was carried out by reverse passive haemagglutination. Specificity of positive samples was determined by enzyme immunoassay. Of 2321 participants, 7.4% were carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen. Risk factors determined by bivariate analysis were age, sex, residence, exposure to cutting and puncturing tools and blood transfusion. Multivariate analysis revealed age to be the best predictor of the carrier rate of hepatitis B virus.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research