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- Title
Bir Üniversite Hastanesi Aile Hekimliği Polikliniğine Başvuran Bireylerde Yaş Gruplarına Göre Viral Hepatit Seroprevalansı.
- Authors
İnci, Habibe; Aşgın, Nergis; Harman, Elif; İnci, Fatih; Adahan, Didem
- Abstract
Objective: As in all over the world, viral hepatitis is an important public health problem in our country. The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in patients who applied to the Family Medicine out patient clinic at a university hospital. Methods: The data of the patients who were admitted to Karabük University Education and Research Hospital Family Medicine out patient clinic for any reason between January 2016-December 2018 and who were asked for hepatitis markers were included in the study. Age, gender, demographic data, HBsAg, AntiHBs, AntiHCV, AntiHAVIgM and AntiHAVIgG ELISA test results were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Among 4297 people included in the study, 48.4% were female and 51.6% were male. The mean age was 36.9 ± 14.7 (2-91) years. In our study, seropositivity was found in 1%, 45%, 0.8%, 0.1% and 57% of HBsAg, AntiHBs, AntiHCV, AntiHAVIgM and AntiHAVIgG tests, respectively. AntiHBs seropositivity rate was highest in the 0-29 age group. Conclusions: The rate of HBV, HCV and HAV infection was found to be low in the applicants of family medicine. With the inclusion of the HBV vaccine in the national vaccination program, AntiHbs positivity was significantly higher in the younger group.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC medical centers; FAMILY medicine; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; RESEARCH; SEROPREVALENCE; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Konuralp Medical Journal / Konuralp Tip Dergisi, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
1309-3878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18521/ktd.567599