Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant Turkish women and their families

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Kuru U., Turan O., Kuru N., Saglam Z. B., Ceylan Y., Nurluoglu M., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.248-251, 1996 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 3
• Basım Tarihi: 1996
• Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf01591364
• Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.248-251
• İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A total of 5,366 pregnant Turkish women were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 225 (4.2%) of them were found to be positive. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) was detected in 6.2% of HBsAg-positive pregnant women. The overall prevalence of HBsAg and antibody to HBsAg (anti-HBs) among the spouses, previous children, mothers and first degree relatives of the HBsAg-positive pregnant women was 56%, 49%, 79% and 74% respectively. The prevalence of HBsAg is thus high in pregnant Turkish women with familiar clustering of hepatitis B virus infection.