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Hepatitis delta virus infection in Kenya. Its geographic and tribal distribution.

dc.contributor.authorFarci, P
dc.contributor.authorOsidiana, V
dc.contributor.authorMacpherson, C N
dc.contributor.authorRomig, T
dc.contributor.authorZeyhle, E
dc.contributor.authorFrench, M
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, B
dc.contributor.authorTukei, P
dc.contributor.authorWankya, B M
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.contributor.authorGreenfield, C
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-10T08:28:15Z
dc.date.available2013-06-10T08:28:15Z
dc.date.issued1986-03
dc.identifier.citationAm J Epidemiol. 1986 Mar;123(3):416-23.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3946387
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30484
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Nairobien
dc.titleHepatitis delta virus infection in Kenya. Its geographic and tribal distribution.en
dc.typeArticleen
local.publisherSchool of medicineen


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