Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and its correlation with risk factors among new recruits in Turkey

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. Eight thousand five hundred eighty-nine newly-recruited soldiers were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were drawn f...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases 2012-07, Vol.16 (4), p.339-344
Hauptverfasser: Altay, Tulin, Uskun, Ersin, Zeynep Akcam, Fusun
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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. 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. 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 determined between HBsAg positivity and certain risk factors such as living in the Southeast Anatolia region (p
ISSN:1413-8670
1678-4391
1678-4391
DOI:10.1016/j.bjid.2012.06.003