title: Tattooing and hepatitis B infection.
abstract: To determine the prevalence of HBV carrier status in tattooed persons, 200 healthy, tattooed volunteers and 200 non-tattooed volunteers to match the first group for age, sex and ethnic group were screened. Prevalence of HBsAg in tattooed and non-tattooed volunteers was 19.5 and 9% respectively, which was a statistically significant difference (P less than 0.01). There was no difference in the prevalence in various age groups, ethnic groups, or sex, between the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Suri Seri Begawan Hospital, Kuala Belait, Brunei Darussalam.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: O T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Maung
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Saini
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jalani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002010:Brunei / Q000453:epidemiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013653:Tattooing / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens