SEROLOGIC MARKERS FOR HEPATITIS-B VIRUS AND HEPATITIS-A VIRUS IN BUSHMEN IN WEST CAPRIVI, NAMIBIA

Authors
STEELE AD BOS P JOUBERT JJ BAFORT JM LECATSAS G ASPINALL S
Citation
Ad. Steele et al., SEROLOGIC MARKERS FOR HEPATITIS-B VIRUS AND HEPATITIS-A VIRUS IN BUSHMEN IN WEST CAPRIVI, NAMIBIA, East African medical journal, 72(1), 1995, pp. 30-32
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
East African medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0012835X
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
30 - 32
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-835X(1995)72:1<30:SMFHVA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A community based sero-epidemiological study was undertaken to determi ne the age specific prevalence rates of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and he patitis B virus (HBV) infection in a band of Bushmen in the West Capri vi, Namibia. All children tested and all but two of the adults tested showed the presence of anti-HAV antibodies. Nineteen individuals (18%) were positive for HBsAg and 65 (61%) individuals had serologic eviden ce of past exposure to HBV infection.