Epidemiology of hepatitis B infection in institutionalized mentally retarded clients.

Abstract

Other information suggests that immigrants might have relatively low screening levels. In a neighborhood site screening program, only 51 per cent of Haitians reported a previous Pap test, compared to 77 per cent of ESC women and 89 per cent of US-born Black women.6 Haiti, the poorest Caribbean country, has limited medical services through which Pap tests can be provided.7 English-speaking Caribbean countries vary in the extent and quality of their health services, but many women receive Pap tests during prenatal or contraceptive care.8 The frequency of screening among immigrants is a function of age, socioeconomic level, and country of origin. In the USA, cultural, financial, and linguistic barriers (compounded by documentation problems) lead to a relatively low use of preventive health services among low-income Caribbean immigrants.Haitians have a higher incidence of tuberculosis than other immigrants,9 but evaluations of the health status and the need for services among the varied groups within Black and immigrant communities are lacking. Such studies are essential if focused, cost-effective education and screening services are to be implemented.

Screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis infections among asymptomatic students of a private university in Western Delta, Nigeria

“…It is near consistent because previous authors worked on much larger sample sizes to represent their various populations. The anti-HCV finding in this study is not in tandem with prevalence rates of 66.0, 49.1, 32.5, 22.4 and 16.0% as reported by previous authors (Lohiya et al, 1986;Kulik, 1999;Klinkenberg et al, 2003;De-Souza et al, 2004;Tabibian et al, 2008). The 0 (0.0%) anti-HCV response recorded in this study is also not in agreement with 27.3%, 19.7%, 18.1%, 11.1%, 9.3%, 8.3% and 3.0% prevalence rates as published by Vassilopoulos et al (2008), Almeida and Predrose (2004), Chang et al (1993), Palumbo et al (2007), Majori et al (2008) and Silvio et al (2008) respectively, respectively.…”

Carer reports of health status among adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Taiwan living at home and in institutions

“…1994). In addition, males with DS who lived in institutions are more susceptible to hepatitis B virus infection (Lohiya et al . 1986; Dicks & Dennis 1987; van Ditzhuijsen et al .…”

Serum alpha fetoprotein in 714 mentally retarded carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen

“…(ALT or glutamic pyruvate transaminase). Clinical evidence of cirrhosis or liver failure was generally absent in this population, although serum alanine amino transferase (ALT) levels were elevated in a third of them (5). For all carriers, information on age, sex, race, serum ALT level and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) was recorded.…”