title: [Chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, primary liver cancer and virus HB infection. Epidemiologic study in a sahelian hospital milieu. Apropos of 185 cases].
abstract: From December 1982 to June 1985, 185 patients with signs of chronic liver disease are investigated in National Hospital (Niamey, Republic of Niger). A first group ("Hepatopathy") of 131 patients (75 males, 56 females) is made of 3 chronic liver diseases: 35 chronic hepatitis (CH), 58 hepatic cirrhosis (HC), 38 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A second group ("Controls") of 54 patients (29 males, 25 females) is made of miscellaneous diseases other than CH, HC, HCC. In the first group ("Hepatopathy") serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg-radioimmunoassay) is present in 64.9% (85/131). In the second group ("Controls") serum HBsAg is present in 3.7% (2/54) (Chi-2 test P less than 10(-9)). Serum HBsAg prevalence is more than 50% in each group of CH, HC and HCC. A maximum value is observed in males with HCC (75.7%). These results demonstrate the importance of evolutive HBV infection in the course of CH, HC and HCC in the sahelian region.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009548:Niger
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
vernacular_title: Hépatite chronique, cirrhose hépatique, cancer primitif du foie et infection par virus HB. Enquête épidémiologique en milieu hospitalier sahélien. A propos de 185 observations.