| Titre : | Familial pattern of infection with hepatitis B virus among immigrating Ethiopian Jews in Israel. (1998) |
| Auteurs : | N. BISHARAT ; M. ELIAS ; E. FLATAU ; R. Raz ; Infectious Disease Unit. Central Emek Hospital. Afula. ISR ; Internal Medicine B Department. Central Emek Hospital. Afula. ISR |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 14, n° 1, 1998/01) |
| Pagination : | 89-91 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Hépatite virale B ; Virose ; Infection ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Migrant ; Israël ; Asie ; Examen sérologique ; Ethnie ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Foie [pathologie] |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xaQxTQ. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Seventy-eight families (506 members) of recently immigrating Ethiopian Jews to Israel, were tested for the presence of HBV serological markers to evaluate the intrafamilial horizontal transmission of the virus. Eighty-four members (16.6%) were carriers and 20.2% were HBeAg positive, the overall infection rate was 67.8%. In 40 families (51.3%) at least one family member was HBsAG positive, and in 19 families (24.4%) two or more family members were HBsAg positive. Thirty-six carriers (42.8%) were children under the age of 1 (), by one year of age 3 ()% have contracted the virus, and by the age of 5 and 10 years 43.5% and 57.1% have had serological markers for past HBV infection, respectively. Our data correlate with other studies regarding the importance of horizontal spread of HBV among Sub-Saharan Africans. |
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