Hepatitis B infections in the Arsi region of Ethiopia.
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.
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Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male