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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections in an impoverished urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Author Affiliations
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, University of Basel, Johns Hopkins University, Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Published InBMC Infectious Diseases
Year2010
Citations120
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis is a serious global public health problem affecting billions of people globally, and both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are rapidly spreading in the developing countries including Bangladesh due to the lack of health education, poverty, illiteracy and lack of hepatitis B vaccination. Also there is lack of information on their prevalence among the general population. So, a population-based serological survey was conducted in Dhaka to determine the prevalence and risk factors of HBV and HCV infections. METHODS: Healthy individuals were selected for demographic and behavioural characteristics by stratified cluster sampling and blood tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), antibody to HBV core antigen (anti-HBc), and anti-HCV antibodies (anti-HCV). RESULTS: From…
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