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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus among chronic schizophrenia patients

Author(s) -

W M Said,

Rasha Aly Saleh,

N Jumaian

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 - 10.26719/2001.7.3.526

Subject(s) - hbsag , medicine , hepatitis b virus , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , hepatitis b , immunization , chronic hepatitis , immunoassay , virus , immunology , hepatitis , antigen , psychiatry , antibody

We aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] among chronic schizophrenia patients in Jordan. Over a period of 12 months, 192 patients [106 male and 86 female] were tested for hepatitis B virus [HBV] by enzyme immunoassay. An equal number of age- and sex-matched healthy controls was also tested. Of the schizophrenia patients, 14 [10 male and 4 female] were positive for HBsAg while only 5 [4 male and 1 female] of the control subjects tested positive. The difference was not statistically significant but it indicates that chronic schizophrenia patients are a risk group for HBV infection and likely to benefit from preventive measures [health education and immunization against HBV].

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