Hepatitis with Australia Antigen after Tattooing

Sterner, G; Agell, Bengt-Olof; Gerzén, Per; Berg, Rebekka

doi:10.3109/inf.1971.3.issue-2.03

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“…Most of the prisoners surveyed (probably more than those who confessed it) practised illicit drug abuse and several admitted to homosexual relations: both practices are well-recognized risk factors in HBV transmission (Blanck et al 1979;Szmuness et al 1975). Furthermore, tattoos are very popular among these people: this habit can also partially contribute to the HBV spread (Sterner et al 1971).…”

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Hepatitis B virus infection in prisons: A seroepidemiological survey in prisoners and attending staff

Chiaramonte¹,

Trivello

Renzulli

et al. 1982

J. Hyg.

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Prisoners and attending staff from six houses of detention were screened for serum HBsAg, anti HBs, antiHBc and transaminases. Both prisoners and warders showed an increased prevalence of HBV serum markers with respect to age- and sex-matched general population control groups. The HBsAg carrier rate was 6.7% in prisoners and 6.6% in staff. Sixty-five per cent of the HBsAg-positive subjects were antiHBe-positive. When the blood samples were taken, all the HBsAg-positive subjects were asymptomatic; transaminases were normal in 80% and only slightly elevated in 20%. Illicit drug abuse was found to be a relevant risk factor for HBV infection among prisoners under 35 yearts of age, but not in the older group, whereas no correlation emerged between presence of HBV serum markers and tattoos or admitted homosexuality. A high prevalance of HBV serum markers as also found among young warders who had been in service for a short time: most of them, however, come from areas of Italy with a particularly elevated HBV circulation. Although the results suggest that many of the HBV infections are not recently acquired within the institution, this survey confirms that prisons should be regarded as high risk areas for HBV infection, both for prisoners and warders.

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Hepatitis B virus infection in prisons: A seroepidemiological survey in prisoners and attending staff

Chiaramonte¹,

Trivello

Renzulli

et al. 1982

J. Hyg.

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Epidemiology of hepatitis B in Somalia: inference from a cross-sectional survey of serological markers

Bile

Aden

Lindberg³

et al. 1987

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

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Hepatitis B markers were determined by radioimmunoassay in 383 adults from different areas of Somalia and in 135 pregnant females and 428 children from Mogadishu. The highest incidence of HBsAg among adults was among nomadic males (20/85; 23%). The frequencies were lower in males from the agricultural and coastal area, i.e. 16/93 (17%) and 14/98 (14%) respectively. The lowest frequency of HBsAg was among women from the coastal area (6/72; 8%). Among the pregnant women 14 were positive for HBsAg, none of whom had HBeAg. Low levels of positivity for HBsAg were found both among children under 4 years and among those between 4 and 13 years of age - 3/94 (3%) and 5/128 (4%) respectively. In the age group 15-19 years, 50% showed seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe. 7 out of 41 HBsAg carriers of ages over 20 had HBeAg. Early seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe and a low level of HBsAg positivity in children indicate that vertical transmission is not important in Somalia. The low frequency of HBsAg in Mogadishu children may have one of the following explanations: (i) the infection occurs during adolescence, (ii) Mogadishu is a low-prevalence area and the examined adults were not born in Mogadishu, or (iii) a change in hepatitis B epidemiology has taken place in the area during the last 2 decades and the relatively higher prevalence of HBsAg in adults might reflect higher rates of infection in their childhood.

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Long-Incubation Hepatitis and Tattooing

Gostling

1971

The Lancet

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Hepatitis with Australia Antigen after Tattooing

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Hepatitis B virus infection in prisons: A seroepidemiological survey in prisoners and attending staff

Hepatitis B virus infection in prisons: A seroepidemiological survey in prisoners and attending staff

Epidemiology of hepatitis B in Somalia: inference from a cross-sectional survey of serological markers

Long-Incubation Hepatitis and Tattooing

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