Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection markers among adult women in urban and rural areas in Shaanxi Province, China.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1998 Jun; 29(2): 263-8
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ABSTRACT
In an attempt to investigate possible urban-rural difference in prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV, respectively) infection in continental China, triplet surveys on HBV and HCV infection markers (ie, HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc, and anti-HCV) and serum enzyme levels (AST, ALT and gamma-GTP) were conducted in 1997 on groups of apparently healthy adult women (49 to 50 subjects per group); one group (the City group) was in Xian, the provincial capital of Shaanxi Province, and two others (the Village A group and the Village B group) were in farming villages in the Province some 200 and 25 km away from Xian, respectively. Comparison among the three groups showed that there was no urban-rural difference in prevalence of HBV and HCV infection positive (HBV+ and HCV+) cases and that the overall prevalence of HBV+ and HCV+ cases was 70% and 3%, respectively. HBsAg+ prevalence was however higher in the villages (8% when the two villages were combined) than in the city (2%). HBV infection was not associated in general with apparent increase in emission enzyme levels in the serum, whereas HCV infection might be associated with an increase in ALT, AST and gamma-GTP. The present observation in combination with other previously published results suggests that urban-rural difference will not be remarkable in HBV and HCV infection prevalence in Continental China and that the public health problem is more serious with HBV infection and quite less so with HCV infection.
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Asunto principal:
Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Biomarcadores
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China
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Salud Rural
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Salud Urbana
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Prevalencia
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Salud de la Mujer
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Hepatitis C
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de prevalencia
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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Inglés
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Año:
1998
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Artículo
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