Evaluation of the rate of viral hepatitis B infection in the exported workers.
- Author:
Mui Van Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hepatitis B
- MeSH:
Hepatitis B;
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;267(12):22-27
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The most common infected disease in the world in known as hepatitis virus, especially hepatitis B virus (HBV). Vietnam is a country that has a high ratio of HBV infected people. In this experiment, we tested 927 workers from 18 to 25 years old. HBsAg, detected by ELISA techniques, is used by many researcher as a sigh to detect nonsymptom HBsAg carries. The common HBsAg ratio is 3.56%. The highest infected aged group ranged from 20 to 30 years old (3.96%). The lowest aged group up to 20 years old (2.00%). The HBsAg(+) ratio of male (4.31%) is higher than of female (1.74%) with p<0.05. Hanoi is the city that has the lowest HBsAg (+) ratio (2.73%), and Ha Tay is highest (5.17%).
