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| Pavan,Maria Helena P.; Aoki,Francisco Hideo; Monteiro,Dinaida Teresa; Gonçales,Neiva Sellan L.; Escanhoela,Cecília Amélia F.; Gonçales Júnior,Fernando L.. |
| From 1992 to 1995 we studied 232 (69% male, 87% Caucasian) anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) positive Brazilian patients, through a questionnaire; HIV had been acquired sexually by 50%, from blood by 32%, sexually and/or from blood by 16.4% and by an unknown route by 1.7%. Intravenous drug use was reported by 29%; it was the most important risk factor for HIV transmission. The alanine aminotransferase quotient (qALT) was >1 for 40% of the patients, 93.6% had anti-hepatitis A virus antibody, 5.3% presented hepatitis B surface antigen, 44% were anti-hepatitis B core antigen positive and 53.8% were anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) positive. The anti-HCV test showed a significant association with qALT>1. Patients for whom the probable HIV... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Alanine aminotransferase quotient; Anti-hepatitis A antibody; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Anti-hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000400005 |
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| Altay,Tulin; Uskun,Ersin; Akcam,Fusun Zeynep. |
| OBJECTIVES: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and related risk factors among new recruits in a military unit in Turkey. METHODS: Eight thousand five hundred eighty-nine newly-recruited soldiers were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were drawn from them between January 2006 and December 2006 and ELISA technique was applied to the samples. In addition, questions on the risk factors of hepatitis B exposure were asked to the participants in the survey. RESULTS: The results demonstrated that HBsAg seroprevalence was 2.8%. Further survey results indicated that seropositivity increased depending on certain risk factors. In multiple regression analysis, significant correlations were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Seroprevalence; Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBsAg. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000400005 |
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