Loading…
Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India
To find out prevalence of HBsAg in general population, especially in under-five children. Bangalore and Rajahmundry towns in southern India. Localities were chosen as the sampling units in each town. About 10-20 households were randomly selected from each locality. Only the youngest but apparently h...
Saved in:
| Published in: | Indian pediatrics 2000-02, Vol.37 (2), p.149-152 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| cited_by | |
|---|---|
| cites | |
| container_end_page | 152 |
| container_issue | 2 |
| container_start_page | 149 |
| container_title | Indian pediatrics |
| container_volume | 37 |
| creator | Singh, J Bhatia, R Khare, S Patnaik, S K Biswas, S Lal, S Jain, D C Sokhey, J |
| description | To find out prevalence of HBsAg in general population, especially in under-five children.
Bangalore and Rajahmundry towns in southern India.
Localities were chosen as the sampling units in each town. About 10-20 households were randomly selected from each locality. Only the youngest but apparently healthy person present in the household was interviewed for age, sex and history of jaundice any time in life. Mothers were interviewed to collect data for children below 15 years of age. Blood samples were collected from these persons on filter paper strips (18-mm diameter disc, Whatman filter paper No. 3) by finger prick method. The samples were tested for HBsAg by Micro ELISA (Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics).
Overall, 3.3% (95% CI, 2.0-4.5) of 737 persons in Rajahmundry and 4.2% (95% CI, 2.8-5.5) of 816 persons in Bangalore were found carriers of HBsAg. Age-specific or sex specific carrier rates were similar in Rajahmundry as well as in Bangalore. Most of the carriers (96%) denied having jaundice ever in life.
The results from this community based study are in agreement with the historical data from hospital based studies that about 3-5% of persons may be carriers of HBsAg and that the pool of chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus in India is built up in childhood and is then maintained in older children and adults. The results highlight the need of completing hepatitis B immunization during the infancy. |
| format | article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest_pubme</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70990026</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>70990026</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-p122t-1f28f9df62fbf809755895facf0ede4331bd667c3fcc050660c81e55edacb25c3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNo10EFPwyAcBXAOGjenX8Fw8tYEaKHlOBt1S5Z4UM8NhT-KaaEW0OzbW-M8vcsvL3nvDK0JobIQRNAVuozxgxBWMk4v0IqSuuIVkWv03IZxzN6lI44pGwcRB4-nGb7UAF4DDhbv7uL2DTuP03fAee7VAsKUB5Vc8PFXxJDTO8we771x6gqdWzVEuD7lBr0-3L-0u-Lw9Lhvt4diooylglrWWGmsYLa3DZE1543kVmlLwEBVlrQ3QtS6tFoTToQguqHAORile8Z1uUG3f73THD4zxNSNLmoYBuUh5NjVRMpls1jgzQnmfgTTTbMb1Xzs_m8ofwA-I1k4</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>70990026</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India</title><source>Alma/SFX Local Collection</source><creator>Singh, J ; Bhatia, R ; Khare, S ; Patnaik, S K ; Biswas, S ; Lal, S ; Jain, D C ; Sokhey, J</creator><creatorcontrib>Singh, J ; Bhatia, R ; Khare, S ; Patnaik, S K ; Biswas, S ; Lal, S ; Jain, D C ; Sokhey, J</creatorcontrib><description>To find out prevalence of HBsAg in general population, especially in under-five children.
Bangalore and Rajahmundry towns in southern India.
Localities were chosen as the sampling units in each town. About 10-20 households were randomly selected from each locality. Only the youngest but apparently healthy person present in the household was interviewed for age, sex and history of jaundice any time in life. Mothers were interviewed to collect data for children below 15 years of age. Blood samples were collected from these persons on filter paper strips (18-mm diameter disc, Whatman filter paper No. 3) by finger prick method. The samples were tested for HBsAg by Micro ELISA (Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics).
Overall, 3.3% (95% CI, 2.0-4.5) of 737 persons in Rajahmundry and 4.2% (95% CI, 2.8-5.5) of 816 persons in Bangalore were found carriers of HBsAg. Age-specific or sex specific carrier rates were similar in Rajahmundry as well as in Bangalore. Most of the carriers (96%) denied having jaundice ever in life.
The results from this community based study are in agreement with the historical data from hospital based studies that about 3-5% of persons may be carriers of HBsAg and that the pool of chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus in India is built up in childhood and is then maintained in older children and adults. The results highlight the need of completing hepatitis B immunization during the infancy.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0019-6061</identifier><identifier>PMID: 10745409</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>India</publisher><subject>Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Distribution ; Carrier State - epidemiology ; Carrier State - virology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood ; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology ; Hepatitis B, Chronic - immunology ; Humans ; India - epidemiology ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prevalence ; Urban Population</subject><ispartof>Indian pediatrics, 2000-02, Vol.37 (2), p.149-152</ispartof><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10745409$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Singh, J</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bhatia, R</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Khare, S</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Patnaik, S K</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Biswas, S</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Lal, S</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Jain, D C</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Sokhey, J</creatorcontrib><title>Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India</title><title>Indian pediatrics</title><addtitle>Indian Pediatr</addtitle><description>To find out prevalence of HBsAg in general population, especially in under-five children.
Bangalore and Rajahmundry towns in southern India.
Localities were chosen as the sampling units in each town. About 10-20 households were randomly selected from each locality. Only the youngest but apparently healthy person present in the household was interviewed for age, sex and history of jaundice any time in life. Mothers were interviewed to collect data for children below 15 years of age. Blood samples were collected from these persons on filter paper strips (18-mm diameter disc, Whatman filter paper No. 3) by finger prick method. The samples were tested for HBsAg by Micro ELISA (Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics).
Overall, 3.3% (95% CI, 2.0-4.5) of 737 persons in Rajahmundry and 4.2% (95% CI, 2.8-5.5) of 816 persons in Bangalore were found carriers of HBsAg. Age-specific or sex specific carrier rates were similar in Rajahmundry as well as in Bangalore. Most of the carriers (96%) denied having jaundice ever in life.
The results from this community based study are in agreement with the historical data from hospital based studies that about 3-5% of persons may be carriers of HBsAg and that the pool of chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus in India is built up in childhood and is then maintained in older children and adults. The results highlight the need of completing hepatitis B immunization during the infancy.</description><subject>Adolescent</subject><subject>Adult</subject><subject>Age Distribution</subject><subject>Carrier State - epidemiology</subject><subject>Carrier State - virology</subject><subject>Child</subject><subject>Child, Preschool</subject><subject>Female</subject><subject>Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood</subject><subject>Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology</subject><subject>Hepatitis B, Chronic - immunology</subject><subject>Humans</subject><subject>India - epidemiology</subject><subject>Infant</subject><subject>Infant, Newborn</subject><subject>Male</subject><subject>Middle Aged</subject><subject>Prevalence</subject><subject>Urban Population</subject><issn>0019-6061</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2000</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNo10EFPwyAcBXAOGjenX8Fw8tYEaKHlOBt1S5Z4UM8NhT-KaaEW0OzbW-M8vcsvL3nvDK0JobIQRNAVuozxgxBWMk4v0IqSuuIVkWv03IZxzN6lI44pGwcRB4-nGb7UAF4DDhbv7uL2DTuP03fAee7VAsKUB5Vc8PFXxJDTO8we771x6gqdWzVEuD7lBr0-3L-0u-Lw9Lhvt4diooylglrWWGmsYLa3DZE1543kVmlLwEBVlrQ3QtS6tFoTToQguqHAORile8Z1uUG3f73THD4zxNSNLmoYBuUh5NjVRMpls1jgzQnmfgTTTbMb1Xzs_m8ofwA-I1k4</recordid><startdate>200002</startdate><enddate>200002</enddate><creator>Singh, J</creator><creator>Bhatia, R</creator><creator>Khare, S</creator><creator>Patnaik, S K</creator><creator>Biswas, S</creator><creator>Lal, S</creator><creator>Jain, D C</creator><creator>Sokhey, J</creator><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>7X8</scope></search><sort><creationdate>200002</creationdate><title>Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India</title><author>Singh, J ; Bhatia, R ; Khare, S ; Patnaik, S K ; Biswas, S ; Lal, S ; Jain, D C ; Sokhey, J</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-p122t-1f28f9df62fbf809755895facf0ede4331bd667c3fcc050660c81e55edacb25c3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2000</creationdate><topic>Adolescent</topic><topic>Adult</topic><topic>Age Distribution</topic><topic>Carrier State - epidemiology</topic><topic>Carrier State - virology</topic><topic>Child</topic><topic>Child, Preschool</topic><topic>Female</topic><topic>Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood</topic><topic>Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology</topic><topic>Hepatitis B, Chronic - immunology</topic><topic>Humans</topic><topic>India - epidemiology</topic><topic>Infant</topic><topic>Infant, Newborn</topic><topic>Male</topic><topic>Middle Aged</topic><topic>Prevalence</topic><topic>Urban Population</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Singh, J</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bhatia, R</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Khare, S</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Patnaik, S K</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Biswas, S</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Lal, S</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Jain, D C</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Sokhey, J</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><jtitle>Indian pediatrics</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Singh, J</au><au>Bhatia, R</au><au>Khare, S</au><au>Patnaik, S K</au><au>Biswas, S</au><au>Lal, S</au><au>Jain, D C</au><au>Sokhey, J</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India</atitle><jtitle>Indian pediatrics</jtitle><addtitle>Indian Pediatr</addtitle><date>2000-02</date><risdate>2000</risdate><volume>37</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>149</spage><epage>152</epage><pages>149-152</pages><issn>0019-6061</issn><abstract>To find out prevalence of HBsAg in general population, especially in under-five children.
Bangalore and Rajahmundry towns in southern India.
Localities were chosen as the sampling units in each town. About 10-20 households were randomly selected from each locality. Only the youngest but apparently healthy person present in the household was interviewed for age, sex and history of jaundice any time in life. Mothers were interviewed to collect data for children below 15 years of age. Blood samples were collected from these persons on filter paper strips (18-mm diameter disc, Whatman filter paper No. 3) by finger prick method. The samples were tested for HBsAg by Micro ELISA (Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics).
Overall, 3.3% (95% CI, 2.0-4.5) of 737 persons in Rajahmundry and 4.2% (95% CI, 2.8-5.5) of 816 persons in Bangalore were found carriers of HBsAg. Age-specific or sex specific carrier rates were similar in Rajahmundry as well as in Bangalore. Most of the carriers (96%) denied having jaundice ever in life.
The results from this community based study are in agreement with the historical data from hospital based studies that about 3-5% of persons may be carriers of HBsAg and that the pool of chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus in India is built up in childhood and is then maintained in older children and adults. The results highlight the need of completing hepatitis B immunization during the infancy.</abstract><cop>India</cop><pmid>10745409</pmid><tpages>4</tpages></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0019-6061 |
| ispartof | Indian pediatrics, 2000-02, Vol.37 (2), p.149-152 |
| issn | 0019-6061 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70990026 |
| source | Alma/SFX Local Collection |
| subjects | Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Carrier State - epidemiology Carrier State - virology Child Child, Preschool Female Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology Hepatitis B, Chronic - immunology Humans India - epidemiology Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Prevalence Urban Population |
| title | Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India |
| url | http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-04T17%3A37%3A41IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_pubme&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Community%20studies%20on%20prevalence%20of%20HBsAg%20in%20two%20urban%20populations%20of%20southern%20India&rft.jtitle=Indian%20pediatrics&rft.au=Singh,%20J&rft.date=2000-02&rft.volume=37&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=149&rft.epage=152&rft.pages=149-152&rft.issn=0019-6061&rft_id=info:doi/&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_pubme%3E70990026%3C/proquest_pubme%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-p122t-1f28f9df62fbf809755895facf0ede4331bd667c3fcc050660c81e55edacb25c3%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=70990026&rft_id=info:pmid/10745409&rfr_iscdi=true |