[Incidence of so-called hepatic failure syndrome in relation to infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in epidemiological and environmental studies of the rural population in the Suwalki and Bialystok regions 1978-1990]. / Dynamika wystepowania t.z.w. zespolu niedomogi watroby (ZNW) w relacji z zakazeniem wirusem hepatitis B (HBV) w badaniach epidemiologiczno-srodowiskowych populacji rolniczej regionu Suwalszczyzny i Bialostocczyzny w latach 1978-1990.

ABSTRACT

In years 1979-1991 has been analysed the selected health epidemiological indices is related with liver pathology and viral hepatitis B infections in rural population of Bialystok region. In 11,086 analysed persons of an agricultural sector the frequency of antigenemia HBs (0.25-2.5%) was higher that in control groups of urban populations (0.3-0.6%). In 12 years time period observation of chronic hepatopathy syndrome, demonstrated the increased tendency with parallel pathologic increased values of serum A1AT activity and with increased tendency of HBs antigenemia.