Hepatitis delta virus infection in Kenya. Its geographic and tribal distribution.
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1986-03Author
Farci, P
Osidiana, V
Macpherson, C N
Romig, T
Zeyhle, E
French, M
Johnson, B
Tukei, P
Wankya, B M
et al.
Greenfield, C
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In 1982-1984, an epidemiologic survey of the prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) in circulating blood (HBs-antigenemia) and of hepatitis delta virus infection was performed in Kenya. The distributions of hepatitis B virus and the delta virus were shown to be very variable. In southern Kenya, only two of 202 sera from HBsAg-positive individuals with no known liver disease and none from 123 HBsAg-positive patients with hepatitis B-related liver disease were positive for delta antibody. In contrast, in northern Kenya, there was an overall prevalence of delta antibody in healthy individuals of 31%. The distribution of delta infection is discussed in relation to lifestyle, ethnic group, and geographic area.
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Am J Epidemiol. 1986 Mar;123(3):416-23.Publisher
University of Nairobi School of medicine
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