Hepatitis B infection in New Zealand children.
Hepatitis B markers were tested for in 2001 samples of serum from those aged 0-21 years. There was a prevalence in Europeans of hepatitis B of 10% with a 2% of HBsAg carriage rate. For Maoris the prevalence was 25% with a 6% HBsAg carriage rate. The highest carriage rate was in the northern districts.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens