High prevalence of HBsAg during pregnancy in Asian communities at Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana.
We described hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among 2,347 pregnant women having delivered at the Cayenne hospital in 2007 according to ethnicity. With 11.0% HBsAg prevalence, Asian women (Hmong and Chinese) were the group with the highest risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) perinatal transmission compared with other ethnic groups.
Mahamat
Aba
A
Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana. aba.mahamat@ch-cayenne.fr
Louvel
Dominique
D
Vaz
Tania
T
Demar
Magalie
M
Nacher
Mathieu
M
Djossou
Félix
F
D005260:Female; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
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