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© 1979 Oxford University Press

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Prevalence of HBsAg and Anfi-HBs in the Czech Socialist Republic(CSR)

JAROSLAV HELCL1, IVANA PECENKOVĀ1, KENNETH R BERQUIST2 and JOSEF RAMPAS

1Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Srobīrova 48, 100 42 Prague 10, Czechoslovakia
2WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Viral Hepatitis, Virology Section, Phoenix, Laboratories, 4402 North 7th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85014, USA

Held J [Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Srobīrova 48, 100 42 Prague 10, Czechoslavakiala], Pecenkovī I, Berquist K R, and Rampas J. Prevalence of HBsAg and Anti-HBs in the Czech Socialist Republic (CSR) International Journal of Epidemiology 1979, 8: 227–230.

A sample of 1 000 individuals of the urban and rural population of CSR covering all age groups was tested for the presence of HBsAg and anti-HBs. The rates for antigenaemia and antibody prevalence as determined by the RIA method were 1.5% and 12.5%, respectively. The antigen subtype adw was identified. HBsAg findings were significantly more frequent among the urban population, while the prevalence of antibody was comparable in both population types and both sexes. HBeAg was not detected in any case, anti HBe in one.

Revised 8 June 1979


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