[Carriage of HBs antigen in New Caledonia. Study according to ethnic group].
Owing to 2,772 New Caledonian blood donors and pregnant women, a study was made of the salient features of the H. B. s. antigen carrier state; percentages of carriers showed no difference according to the age and a slight difference between sexes. These percentages proved to be quite different according to ethnic groups. Smaller rates of carriers were found among Europeans (1.1%) than among Melanesians (7.6%) as well as Polynesians (7.7%). There is a relation between H. B. s. carrier state and positive treponema serology, the latter occurring more frequently among melanesian and polynesian groups.
Service de Santé des Armées, Institut Pasteur de Nouméa.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009510:New Caledonia; D011114:Polynesia / Q000208:ethnology
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Le portage de l'antigène H. B. s. en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Etude selon l'ethnie.