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VIRAL HEPATITIS MARKERS IN ANTEPARTUM AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Lewis-Ximenez, Lia Laura et al. | Date Issued: 2002
Author
Lewis-Ximenez, Lia Laura
Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra
D`Oro, Antonio Carlos Cavalieri
Mercadante, Luiz Antonio Chilelli
Ginuino, Cleber Ferreira
Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Centro de Referência Nacional para Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Bostojn, MA, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Hospital Maternidade Carmela Dutra. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
A seroprevalence study was carried out among a group of women in Rio de Janeiro to determine the prevalence of different markers for viral hepatitis given the limited data among healthy populations. Blood samples collected and tested from 874 women before or after delivery in a public county maternity hospital demonstrated age to be directly related to markers for hepatitis A virus and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The prevalence of HBV and hepatitis C virus infection were lower than that observed in the blood donor population and might be explained by the younger age group and gender.
Keywords in Portuguese
Soroprevalência
Mulheres grávidas
Hepatite
Rio de Janeiro
Brasil
 
Keywords
Seroprevalence
Pregnant women
Hepatitis
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
 
Publisher
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Citation
LEWIS-XIMENEZ, Lia Laura et al. Viral Hepatitis Markers in Antepartum and Postpartum Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 97, n. 2, p. 203-204, Mar. 2002.
DOI
10.1590/S0074-02762002000200011
ISSN
0074-0276