Canadian Medical Association Journal
Volume 131, Issue 9, 1984, Pages 1073-1076
Hepatitis B follow-up among Indochinese refugees (Article)
Nicholls E.S. ,
Chaudhary R.K. ,
Kennedy D.A. ,
Jung J. ,
Davies J.W. ,
Gill P.
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Bureau of Epidemiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Department of National Health and Welfare, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0L2, Canada
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Bureau of Epidemiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Department of National Health and Welfare, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0L2, Canada
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Bureau of Epidemiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Department of National Health and Welfare, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0L2, Canada
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[Affiliation not available]
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[Affiliation not available]
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[Affiliation not available]
Abstract
During 1979 and 1980 the Department of National Health and Welfare carried out a survey and later routine testing to determine the prevalence of serologic markers of hepatitis B in Indochinese refugees entering Canada. Between March and July 1981 the hepatitis-B-marker status of 220 selected refugees in the Ottawa-Hull area was reassessed. Overall, 173 (79%) of the participants had the same serologic markers when retested, but in 47 (21%) the markers had changed. The most significant changes were the loss of antigenemia in 22% of those who had been HBsAg-positive and the appearance of evidence of infection in 18% of those who had been seronegative. Most of these changes occurred among persons under 30 years of age, especially females aged 10 to 19 years.
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ISSN: 08203946
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English