Hepatitis B seroprevalence in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14965867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Themis Reverbel da Silveira (0000-0001-9867-8650, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, corresponding author), José Carlos da Fonseca, Luis Rivera (0000-0002-9996-5982), Luis Osvaldo Rivera (0000-0003-2960-9779), Oscar H Fay, Oscar Fay (National University of Rosario), Roberto Tapia‐Conyer (0000-0001-9425-7322), Roberto Tapia (0009-0006-4251-2225), José Inaldo Santos (0000-0002-6653-043X), Eduardo Urdeneta, Sue Ann Costa Clemens (0000-0001-9576-0878) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 378-83 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49891999001100002 |
| PMID | 10659668 |
| OpenAlex | W2108953024 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1020-49891999001100002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The seroprevalence of hepatitis B was investigated in over 12,000 subjects in six countries of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. Each study population was stratified according to age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were measured in order to determine hepatitis B infection. The highest overall seroprevalence was found in the Dominican Republic (21.4%), followed by Brazil (7.9%), Venezuela (3.2%), Argentina (2.1%), Mexico (1.4%), and Chile (0.6%). In all the countries an increase in seroprevalence was found among persons 16 years old and older, suggesting sexual transmission as the major route of infection. In addition, comparatively high seroprevalence levels were seen at an early age in the Dominican Republic and Brazil, implicating a vertical route of transmission
Antibody · Environmental health · Geography · Hepatitis B · Latin Americans · Political science · Population · Serology · Seroprevalence · Socioeconomic status · Transmission (telecommunications · Demography · Hepatitis B Virus Studies · Hepatitis C virus research · Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Immunology · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2009 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |