title: Hepatitis B infections in the Arsi region of Ethiopia.
abstract: In a sample of inhabitants of the Arsi region of Ethiopia prevalence of hepatitis B is around 80% in the age group 20-24. In addition to age, sex and size of family, exposure to tribal practices is a determinant of seropositivity in this group accounting for as much as 20% of the total burden of the infection. Waiting for a mass vaccination campaign, presently unrealistic in this area of the world, health education, as part of a comprehensive primary health care program, has to be considered as a potentially effective preventive tool.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bisanti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soldo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palladino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rozera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frontini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miozzo
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Di Gennaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Indi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male