Investigation on patients with familial aggregation of hepatitis B in southeast district of Chongqing *
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2013.21.025
- VernacularTitle:渝东南片区家族聚集性乙型肝炎患者的调查研究
- Author:
Haodong YU
;
Tao LUO
;
Yumei WANG
;
Yu LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vaccine;
family aggregation;
viral hepatitis B;
mother baby transmission
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2013;(21):2508-2510
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the incidence of familial hepatitis B viral (HBV ) infection in the southeast part of Chongqing ,and provide information for its prevention and treatment .Methods 295 patients with HbsAg positive came from 110 families were selected and divided to different groups by gender and marital status .We investigated the infections of HBV in three generations of the immediate families .This research focused on the difference between mother-to-child transmission and father-to-child transmission ,the status of receiving HBV vaccine ,the morbidity and mortality of cirrhosis and hepatic carcinoma ,the cause of death ,and the impact of gender in three generations .Results Of the 110 cases ,the HBsAg positive rate for children with HBsAg positive mothers (more than 66 .7% ) was significantly higher than that with positive father (less than 1 .1% ) ,while there was no significant difference between male spouses and female spouses (22 .2% versus 20 .5% ,P>0 .05) .Only 23 .2% received HBV vac-cine and 2 .7% got immune globulin of HBV .8 .5% of the 295 persons had cirrhosis and 4 .4% of them had primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC);19 patients from 16 families died of liver diseases .39 cases of 110 patients got antiviral treatment regularly .Con-clusion As well as father-to-child transmission and close contact ,mother-to-child transmission contributed to familial HBV infec-tion ,and even more common .The high rate of familial HBV infection in this area was associated with low rate of vaccination and immune globulin of HBV .The leading cause of the high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic cirrhosis was substandard treatment .