title: [Prevalence of HBs antigen carriage in a population of national Gendarmerie recruits in Ivory Coast in 2008].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBsAg carriage in Ivorian gendarmerie recruits in 2008. This prevalence was 15.6%. It was highest in recruits aged 18 years (24%), in those who were married (33.3%) and in those who had had more than three sexual partners in the 6 months before the survey (19.4%). It was also higher in recruits who had never used condoms (20.6%) and in those who had undergone blood transfusions (27%). A policy of vaccination against HBV in the army, in teenagers and adults must be implemented to reduce HBsAg carriage in the army and in the Ivorian population.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: N'dri
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ouattara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadjo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aba
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bissagnéné
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens