LOW-PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS IN AN URBAN ADOLESCENT POPULATION

Authors
JONAS MM ROBERTSON LM MIDDLEMAN AB
Citation
Mm. Jonas et al., LOW-PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS IN AN URBAN ADOLESCENT POPULATION, The Journal of pediatrics, 131(2), 1997, pp. 314-316
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
131
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
314 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1997)131:2<314:LOATHV>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We tested 869 subjects attending either an urban adolescent medicine c linic or a school-based clinic for antibody to hepatitis C virus. Demo graphic data indicated a representative study sample, and behaviors as sociated with hepatitis C virus transmission. One subject (0.1%) was s eropositive for antibody to hepatitis C virus, indicating a very low p revalence of hepatitis C virus exposure in adolescents.