A pilot study of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies and hepatitis C virus RNA in southern Cameroon.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 52(1): 98-100, 1995 Jan.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7531958
ABSTRACT
Information is lacking on the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in most African countries. An algorithm based on a combination of enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) with different formats (a commercial test, an HCV antibody [Ab] III test, and an HCV core Ab EIA) was used to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection in different population groups from southern Cameroon. An overall high prevalence was observed, with a significant increasing trend for both sexes with respect to age. A high proportion (67.4%) of HCV-positive sera were viremic as demonstrated by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. We conclude that the prevalence of HCV is high in southern Cameroon and increases linearly with age.
Buscar en Google
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
ARN Viral
/
Anticuerpos Antihepatitis
/
Hepatitis C
/
Hepacivirus
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
/
Adult
/
Aged
/
Aged80
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
/
Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Año:
1995
Tipo del documento:
Article