Viral Hepatitis Markers in Thai Blood Donors

Abstract

1,410 voluntary blood donors from Bangkok were investigated by radioimmunoassay for HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc, HBeAg, anti-HBe and anti-HAV. An HBsAg carrier state was observed in 10.7% of whom 42.1% were HBeAg positive and 40.2% had anti-HBe. Antibody prevalences (except anti-HBe) rose with increasing age. The occurrence of hepatitis markers did not vary significantly between donors living along the canals and those living in the Greater Bangkok area.

Serological Survey for the Infection of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus-1 among Isolated Ethnic Groups in Nepal.

“…Same as in other populations in Asia (Seidi et al, 1984;Ishida et al, 2002), HBV was found in two of the three groups with rather high prevalence rates. Because of the small sample size, the negativity of HBV in the Chepang group studied here does not rule out the possible presence of HBV in other Chepang groups; a further epide miologicalstudy is necessary.…”