Rubella Serosurvey Among Unvaccinated Young Girls in Rafsanjan, South East of Iran

Abstract

Results: During the study, 1160 males with the mean age of 31 ± 13 years and 876 females with the mean age of 20 ± 12 years were studied. In males, the prevalence of (HBsAg, anti-HBe), HBeAg, (anti-HBs, anti-HBc) and isolated anti-HBc were 72.3%, 8.1%, 16.6% and 3% respectively. In female, these rates were 67.7%, 8.9%, 18.5% and 5%, respectively. There were not any significant differences for prevalence of HBV markers between sexes except that the prevalence of isolated anti-HBc was higher in females (p = 0.014). Resolved HBV infection was seen in 354 (17.4%) of the cases and persistent HBV infection in 1603 (78.7%) cases. one hundred-seventy two (8.4%) cases were HBeAg positive.Conclusion: The results show that in our society, previous HBV infection mostly occurred vertically or early childhood period.