کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6137438 | 1594017 | 2008 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hepatitis C virus infection among children in aboriginal areas in Taiwan
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی
میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
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چکیده انگلیسی
The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among adults in aboriginal areas has been shown to be higher than in urban areas in Taiwan. Whether the prevalence of HCV infection is also higher among children in aboriginal areas remains unclear. In total, 1176 schoolchildren in four aboriginal areas were invited to participate in the study. All children were tested for serum antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV) and liver enzymes. The age range of children was 6-13 years. Another 606 sex- and age-matched schoolchildren from an urban area served as controls. There was no statistically significant difference in prevalence of anti-HCV between aboriginal and Han Chinese students in aboriginal areas. The prevalence of anti-HCV was 0.3% (4/1176) in aboriginal areas, which was similar to the prevalence of 0% (0/606) in the urban area. The four anti-HCV seropositive aboriginal children were all negative for HCV RNA. Our data suggest that the high prevalence of anti-HCV among aboriginal adults might be due to subsequent exposure to risk factors after school age.
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Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Volume 102, Issue 9, September 2008, Pages 935-938
Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Volume 102, Issue 9, September 2008, Pages 935-938
نویسندگان
Ta-Chung Wu, Wan-Long Chuang, Chia-Yen Dai, Jee-Fu Huang, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Nai-Jen Hou, Li-Po Lee, Wen-Yi Lin, Jeng-Fu Yang, Chao-Chin Chiu, Shinn-Cherng Chen, Ming-Yuh Hsieh, Wen-Yu Chang, Ming-Lung Yu,