[Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Sub-Saharan immigrants in Almería (Spain)]. / Infección por virus de hepatitis B (VHB) en inmigrantes subsaharianos en Almería.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
; 29(2): 121-3, 2011 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-21330010
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
There is scant information available in Spain regarding virological markers and clinical status in Sub-Saharan patients infected with HVB.METHODS:
A cross-sectional and retrospective study of virological markers and clinical status of HBV infection in 510 adult patients from Sub-Saharan Africa, not co-infected with HIV, most of them from West Africa countries.RESULTS:
A total of 90.8% of patients had markers of HBV infection and 137 (26.9%) were HBsAg positive. Among patients with HBsAg positive, 55.9% were chronic inactive carriers. The predominant genotype was E.CONCLUSIONS:
The study shows a high prevalence of both markers of HBV infection and of chronic hepatitis B in immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Emigrantes e Imigrantes
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Hepatite B
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Es
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article