PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS-B VIRUS-INFECTION IN PREGNANT TURKISH WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES

Authors
KURU U TURAN O KURU N SAGLAM Z CEYLAN Y NURLUOGLU M AGACFIDAN A
Citation
U. Kuru et al., PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS-B VIRUS-INFECTION IN PREGNANT TURKISH WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 15(3), 1996, pp. 248-251
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
248 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1996)15:3<248:POHVIP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A total of 5,366 pregnant Turkish women were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 225 (4.2%) of them were found to be positi ve. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) was detected in 6.2% of HBsAg-positi ve pregnant women. The overall prevalence of HBsAg and antibody to HBs Ag (anti-HBs) among the spouses, previous children, mothers and first degree relatives of the HBsAg-positive pregnant women was 56%, 49%, 79 % and 74% respectively. The prevalence of HBsAg is thus high in pregna nt Turkish women with familiar clustering of hepatitis B virus infecti on.