SERO-PREVALENCE TO HEPATITIS-B AND HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-INFECTION IN REFUGEES FROM MOZAMBIQUE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Authors
BOS P STEELE AD PEENZE I ASPINALL S
Citation
P. Bos et al., SERO-PREVALENCE TO HEPATITIS-B AND HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-INFECTION IN REFUGEES FROM MOZAMBIQUE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, East African medical journal, 72(2), 1995, pp. 113-115
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
East African medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0012835X
Volume
72
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
113 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-835X(1995)72:2<113:STHAHV>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Serological markers for evidence of past exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) were investigated in a cohort of re fugees from Mozambique. Serological markers for past exposure to HBV w ere detected in 56% of the population and, in addition, 13.2% carried the HBV surface antigen. Anti-HCV antibodies could be confirmed in 3.2 % of the population and occurred mostly in the older individuals. Only one anti-HCV antibody positive individual was positive for HBsAg. Imm unity to rubellavirus had reached 85% by 11 years of age.