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| Toledo Jr.,Antonio C.; Greco,Dirceu B.; Felga,Marcelo; Barreira,Dráurio; Gadelha,Maria de Fátima S.; Speranza,Francisco A.B.. |
| Hepatitis B and C constitute important public health problems worldwide. In Brazil, studies on prevalence of viral hepatitis have local and regional characteristics; consequently it is difficult to define the national epidemiological situation. Our objective was to evaluate the seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C in conscripts of the Brazilian Army. A transversal study among males aged 17 to 22 years was conducted nationwide. After informed consent, each volunteer filled in a social-behavioral questionnaire and had blood drawn to test for HBsAg and anti-HCV. A total of 7,372 volunteers were evaluated in the second half of 2002. The prevalence of HBsAg was 2.6% (95% confidence interval: 2.2, 3.0) and that of anti-HCV was 1.5% (95% confidence interval: 1.2,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Viral hepatitis; Seroepidemiological studies; Cross-sectional study; Prevalence; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000500004 |
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