1992
DOI: 10.1016/0163-4453(92)93006-c
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Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Saudi Arabian children: A baseline survey for mass vaccination against hepatitis B

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“…Because little is known about the prevalence, distribution and sequences of HBV subgenotypes in Saudi Arabia, particularly Jeddah, no previous data was available (Al-Faleh et al, 1992. In the present study, eight isolates belonging to HBV/D (S18014, S140014, S20014, S140914, S02E12, S2312E, S07E and S10612E) are segregated with subgenotypes D1 reference isolates and inter distance equal 0.006 that was verified this result.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 73%
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“…Because little is known about the prevalence, distribution and sequences of HBV subgenotypes in Saudi Arabia, particularly Jeddah, no previous data was available (Al-Faleh et al, 1992. In the present study, eight isolates belonging to HBV/D (S18014, S140014, S20014, S140914, S02E12, S2312E, S07E and S10612E) are segregated with subgenotypes D1 reference isolates and inter distance equal 0.006 that was verified this result.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 73%
“…Although, the prevalence of HBV infection is generally high in Asian and African countries (Lee, 1997), little is known about HBV genotypes/sub genotype sequences circulated in Saudi Arabia particularly in Jeddah province (Al-Faleh et al, 1992. In Saudi Arabia, HBV were the most predominant type accounting for 53% of the cases, followed by HCV (30%) and HAV (17%) (Alshabanat et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The decline in HBVrelated liver disease as an indication for LT is likely related both to the various mass screening programs in the Kingdom, which have enabled the detection of chronically infected HBV patients at various disease stages, and to the introduction of effective antiviral treatment [19][20][21][22][23][24] . Interestingly, similar observations have been noted in various studies from Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, where massive reductions in HBV-related disease as an indication for LT have been reported [25,26] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…58 Unfortunately, efficacy studies do not take into account the emergence of new HBV mutants which may not be neutralized by vaccine-induced antibodies or detected by ELISA diagnostic kits, which are usually based on the wild type viral antigens. Despite these deficiencies, a sharp drop in HBsAg prevalences among adult blood donors has been observed in recent years.…”
Section: Hepatitis B Vaccination Program In Saudi Arabiamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…55,56 Perinatal and childhood infections caused by horizontal transmission of the virus are a major mode of transmission in this country. 57,58 To interrupt this mode of transmission and to ensure restriction of the reservoir of HBV carriers which serves as a source of future infections, a Royal decree (No 8111 dated 1/6/1408), establishing a committee of specialists, led to an order (No 133140 dated 1/9/1408), making it mandatory for all newborns in Saudi Arabia to. be immunized against hepatitis B virus.…”
Section: Hepatitis B Vaccination Program In Saudi Arabiamentioning
confidence: 99%