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Objective Through two nationwide sero-epidemiological survey programs on hepatitis B virus (HBV),hepatitis B markers in Yunnan province were compared between the findings in 2014 and in 2006.Results were used to understand the HBV epidemic status in Yunnan province and to estimate the efficiency of measures on prevention and control of the disease.Methods People at the age of 1-29 years were sampled from 6 counties of the National Disease Surveillance sites in Yunnan province,by multi-stage random sampling method.Demographic information was collected by questionnaire,and 2-4 ml serum sample was taken to detect HBsAg,anti-HBs,anti-HBc,HBeAg and anti-HBe,by ELISA method.Results were logged-in the database and analyzed by SPSS 17.0.Results Between the two studies,no statistically significant differences were observed on the overall HBV infection rates and the positive rates of HBsAg,HBeAg,anti-HBe,anti-HBc.Positive rate of anti-HBs in 2014 was significantly higher than that in 2006.The main two combination profiles of hepatitis B markers were through the fifth model which was positive only for anti-HBs and the sixth model which was negative for all markers in 2006,and the same in 2014.Detection rate through the fifth profile in 2014 was significantly higher than the rate in 2006,while the detection rate of the sixth profile in 2014 was significantly lower than the one in 2006.When analyzing the differences in the same age group,between the two surveys,results showed that the positive rate of anti-HBs in 2014 was significantly higher than that in 2006,in both the10-14 and the 15-19 years-old groups.Positive rate of anti-HBc in the 20-29 year-olds in 2014 was significantly lower than the one of 2006.The positive rates of HBsAg in the age groups of 1-4,5-14 and 15-29 were 1.12％,1.61％ and 1.25％ respectively,in 2014.Conclusion Prevention and control measures on HBV seemed in great progres.However,more effective prevention and control measures should be taken continually among people under the age of 15,in Yunnan province.
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Objective Through two nationwide sero-epidemiological survey programs on hepatitis B virus (HBV),hepatitis B markers in Yunnan province were compared between the findings in 2014 and in 2006.Results were used to understand the HBV epidemic status in Yunnan province and to estimate the efficiency of measures on prevention and control of the disease.Methods People at the age of 1-29 years were sampled from 6 counties of the National Disease Surveillance sites in Yunnan province,by multi-stage random sampling method.Demographic information was collected by questionnaire,and 2-4 ml serum sample was taken to detect HBsAg,anti-HBs,anti-HBc,HBeAg and anti-HBe,by ELISA method.Results were logged-in the database and analyzed by SPSS 17.0.Results Between the two studies,no statistically significant differences were observed on the overall HBV infection rates and the positive rates of HBsAg,HBeAg,anti-HBe,anti-HBc.Positive rate of anti-HBs in 2014 was significantly higher than that in 2006.The main two combination profiles of hepatitis B markers were through the fifth model which was positive only for anti-HBs and the sixth model which was negative for all markers in 2006,and the same in 2014.Detection rate through the fifth profile in 2014 was significantly higher than the rate in 2006,while the detection rate of the sixth profile in 2014 was significantly lower than the one in 2006.When analyzing the differences in the same age group,between the two surveys,results showed that the positive rate of anti-HBs in 2014 was significantly higher than that in 2006,in both the10-14 and the 15-19 years-old groups.Positive rate of anti-HBc in the 20-29 year-olds in 2014 was significantly lower than the one of 2006.The positive rates of HBsAg in the age groups of 1-4,5-14 and 15-29 were 1.12％,1.61％ and 1.25％ respectively,in 2014.Conclusion Prevention and control measures on HBV seemed in great progres.However,more effective prevention and control measures should be taken continually among people under the age of 15,in Yunnan province.
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Objective To study the sero-epidemiological starus regarding Rickettsia (R.) typhi,Bartonella (B.) henselae and Orientia (O.) tsutsugamushi in farmers from rural areas of Tianjin.Methods Field epidemiological surveys were performed in 8 districts (county) of Tianjin city from 2007 to 2009.886 farmers were randomly recruited and their serum samples collected to detect the specific antibodies of R.typhi,B.henselae and O.tsutsugamushi by micro-indirect immunoflorescence (IFA).Results The total antibody positive rates of R.typhi increased from 5.0% to 58.2% while B.heaselae had an increase from 2.6% to 14.5% and O.tsutsugamushi increased from 1.8% to 39.8%.Geographic distribution showed that farmers living in the central and southeast areas were higher than that in other areas.Conclusion Infections of both R.typhi,B.henselae and O.tsutsugamushi in farmers from Tianjin areas were popular and the antibody positive rates ofR.typhi,B.henselae and O.tsutsugamushi had an annual increase.
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Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever, that may occur either acutely or the chronically. To understand the seroepidemiological patterns of C. burnetii infection in Korea, we examined a total of 3,178 sera from patients with acute febrile episodes by using indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for detectable antibodies to C. burnetii and other eight rickettsial antigens. The IFA seropositivity>or=1:20 for C. burnetii phase II was 11.5% (368 out of 3,178 sera). The co-existence of antibodies to other rickettsial antigens was found in 216 out of the 368 positive sera. Thirty-seven point five percent (n=138) had antibodies to R. tsutsugamushi (cutoff>or=1:20), 16% (n=59) to Ehrlichia sennetsu, 14.9% (n=55) to Rickettsia typhi, 13.5% (n=50) to R. akari, 11.4% (n=42) to R. japonica, 8.9% (n=33) to R. prowazekii, 7.6% (n=28) to R. sibirica, and 6.7% (n=25) to R. conorii by IFA, respectively. These results are consistent with previous reports documenting diverse serum cross-reactivity in chronic Q fever. Therefore we excluded the samples that reacted to other rickettsial antigens at same or higher titers than to C. burnetii, resulting in the seropositive rate of 4.1%. The serological prevalence was 2% (n=64) when the conventional cut-off titer of 1:80 was used. Our results suggest that infections with C. burnetii are more prevalent than expected previously and should be differentially diagnosised for febrile illness occurring after exposure to ticks or other vectors.