[Hepatitis B virus infection in the school milieu of Kiffa and Selibaby, Mauritania].
Our survey was concerned with searching for different markers of Hepatitis B virus infection in 267 primary and secondary school children in two Mauritanian sites in the south and south-east of the country. The results showed that for the surveyed subjects, 16.8% were carriers of HBs antigen, 21% of anti-HBs antibodies, 50.2% of anti-HBc antibodies and 45.4% of anti-HBe antibodies. Furthermore, 28.9% of the carriers of HBs antigen were also of HBe antigen. In all, 32.2% of the subjects had not been exposed to the Hepatitis B virus. These results confirmed the serious problem posed to public health by Hepatitis B infection and should prompt a programme to combat it.
Service de virologie, Centre national d'hygiène, Nouakchott, Mauritanie.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002353:Carrier State; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008435:Mauritania
D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens
Etude de l'infection du virus de l'hépatite B en milieu scolarie de Kiffa et Sélibaby, Mauritanie.