A seroepidemiologic study of hepatitis A in Malaysia.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
; 1986 Jun; 17(2): 201-4
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in En
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| ID: sea-32995
ABSTRACT
Sera from 494 non-icteric patients admitted with illnesses other than overt hepatitis into the various hospitals in rural and urban Malaysia were tested for IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus. The overall antibody prevalence rate was 67.0% with rates increasing steadily from childhood 10 years old and under (39.4%) to middle-age and above (96.0%). No significant differences were noted between males (68.4%) and females (65.3%). The highest rate was in the Indians (80.6%), the lowest in the Chinese (55.9%) with Malays occupying intermediate position (70.3%). The rate in the rural patients (74.7%) was higher than that in the urban patients (65.5%) especially in the 21 to 40 year age-group where the rural patients had a rate of 96.7% compared with that in urban patients (61.1%). A comparison of antibody prevalence rates in different countries was made.
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Main subject:
Rural Population
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Urban Population
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Immunoglobulin G
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Hepatitis Antibodies
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Child
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Sex Factors
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Immunoenzyme Techniques
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1986
Type:
Article