Prevalence of HBV Infection Among the Healthy Nepalese Males : A Serological Survey

Prevalence of HBV Infection Among the Healthy Nepalese Males : A Serological Survey

Sera from 478 healthy Nepalese male population, inhabiting various districts of five developmentt regions. of. Nepall were collected from October 1996 to March 1997 and examined for the presence of HBsAg by third generation ELISA and Latex agglutination test in the laboratory of Central Department o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Epidemiology 2000, Vol.10(6), pp.410-413
Hauptverfasser: Man, Kishor, Shrestha, Bidya
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alanine Transaminase - blood
ELISA
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
HBsAg
HBV
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - analysis
Humans
Latex Fixation Tests
Male
Middle Aged
Nepal
Nepal - epidemiology
Prevalence
Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Sera from 478 healthy Nepalese male population, inhabiting various districts of five developmentt regions. of. Nepall were collected from October 1996 to March 1997 and examined for the presence of HBsAg by third generation ELISA and Latex agglutination test in the laboratory of Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur. The surface antigen was detected by ELISA in 4.0% (19/478) of subjects studied. However, different results were obtained in Latex agglutination test. The correlation between the results obtained from these two different tests is statistically significant (x2=85.11, P
ISSN:0917-5040
1349-9092
DOI:10.2188/jea.10.410