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1550092

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
The influence of age, origin, and region of domicile on the prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers was investigated in a cross-sectional sample of young Swedish adults. Sera and demographic data were prospectively collected from 2,000 male conscripts and 2,000 pregnant women from urban and rural parts of Sweden during 1988-1989. A total of 10 of 4,000 (0.25%) were found to be hepatitis B surface antigen carriers, and 62 (1.6%) were positive for both anti-hepatitis B core antigen and anti-hepatitis B surface antigen, indicating a present or prior hepatitis B virus infection. Origin from a country with high hepatitis B virus endemicity and increasing age were factors associated with serologic signs of a present or prior hepatitis B virus infection, whereas region of domicile was not. In addition, seven individuals positive only for anti-hepatitis B core antigen (blocking greater than 70% in the test) and 39 positive only for anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (with a titer of greater than or equal to 10 international units/liter) were believed to have been exposed to hepatitis B virus. Altogether, these results indicated that 3% of young Swedes had encountered hepatitis B virus and that origin from a country with high hepatitis B virus endemicity was the factor that most strongly was associated with a present or past hepatitis B virus infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
135
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
409-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers in Sweden: a community-based serosurvey of 4,000 young Swedish adults.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Roslagstull Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't