PREVALENCE OF MARKERS OF INFECTION WITH HEPATITIS-B AND HEPATITIS-C VIRUSES IN IMMIGRANTS OF OPERATION SOLOMON, 1991

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FLATAU, E
SEGOL, O
SHNEOUR, A
TABENKIN, H
RAZ, R
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[1] CENT EMEK HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,IL-18101 AFULA,ISRAEL
[2] CENT EMEK HOSP,DEPT FAMILY MED,IL-18101 AFULA,ISRAEL
[3] CENT EMEK HOSP,IMMUNOL LAB,IL-18101 AFULA,ISRAEL
[4] CENT EMEK HOSP,INFECT DIS UNIT,IL-18101 AFULA,ISRAEL
[5] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL,FAC MED,HAIFA,ISRAEL
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ISRAEL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | 1993年 / 29卷 / 6-7期
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ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS; HEPATITIS-B; HEPATITIS-C;
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Sera of 200 recent Ethiopian immigrants (less than 1 year in Israel) were tested for the presence of antibodies against hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses. The prevalence of the various markers was: anti-hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) 52%, and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) 11.5%. None of the HBs-positive sera tested positive for IgM-anti core. Sixty-eight sera from nonvaccinated subjects were tested for anti-HBs, and 12 of them were anti-HBc negative/anti-HBs positive (the only positive marker was anti-HBs). Four of 23 HBsAg-positive sera were HBeAg positive (17%), and only 1 of 18 HBeAg-negative sera was positive for anti-e antibodies. Antibodies to hepatitis C were positive in 6/200 sera (3%).
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