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- Title
Screening for hepatitis B in East Arnhem Land: a high prevalence of chronic infection despite incomplete screening.
- Authors
Carroll, E.; Page, W.; Davis, J. S.
- Abstract
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is common in Aboriginal Australians, but current seroprevalences in Northern Territory communities are unknown. We performed an audit of HBV serology on a convenience sample of 112 adults at an East Arnhem Land Health Service. Complete HBV serology was only available in 26 (23%) patients. Evidence of HBV exposure (core antibody-positive) was found in 43 of 68 (63%) patients tested, and current HBV infection (surface antigen-positive) was found in nine of 76 (12%). HBV is an incompletely defined, under-resourced and substantial public health problem in Aboriginal Australians.
- Subjects
NORTHERN Territory; HEPATITIS B prevention; ANALYSIS of variance; CHRONIC diseases; MEDICAL screening; STATISTICAL sampling; DISEASE prevalence; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Internal Medicine Journal, 2010, Vol 40, Issue 11, p784
- ISSN
1444-0903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02316.x