Serologic markers for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis a virus in Bushmen in West Caprivi, Namibia

Steele, A.D.; Bos, P.; Joubert, J.J.; Bafort, J.M.; Lecatsas, G.; Aspinall, S.

East African Medical Journal 72(1): 30-32

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X
PMID: 7781552
Document Number: 442296
A community based sero-epidemiological study was undertaken to determine the age specific prevalence rates of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a band of Bushmen in the West Caprivi, Namibia. All children tested and all but two of the adults tested showed the presence of anti-HAV antibodies. Nineteen individuals (18%) were positive for HBsAg and 65 (61%) individuals had serologic evidence of past exposure to HBV infection.

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