High Prevalence of HBsAg during Pregnancy in Asian Communities at Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana
Authors:
- Aba MahamatAMAba Mahamat
- Dominique LouvelDLDominique Louvel
- Tania VazTVTania Vaz
- Magalie DemarMagalie Demar
- Mathieu NacherMathieu Nacher
- Félix DjossouFDFélix Djossou
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 83 (3) , 711-713
Abstract
We described hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among 2,347 pregnant women having delivered at the Cayenne hospital in 2007 according to ethnicity. With 11.0% HBsAg prevalence, Asian women (Hmong and Chinese) were the group with the highest risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) perinatal transmission compared with other ethnic groups.Keywords
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