seropositivity of antibodies against hepatitis a virus in mashhad, northeast of iran, 2009: a cross-sectional community-based study

نویسندگان

rahele miri research center for hiv/aids, htlv and viral hepatitis, iranian academic center for education, culture and research (acecr), mashhad, ir iran

sanaz ahmadi ghezeldasht research center for hiv/aids, htlv and viral hepatitis, iranian academic center for education, culture and research (acecr), mashhad, ir iran

mohamad reza hedayati-moghadam research center for hiv/aids, htlv and viral hepatitis, iranian academic center for education, culture and research (acecr), mashhad, ir iran; research center for hiv/aids, htlv and viral hepatitis, acecr-mashhad branch, p.o. box: 91775-1376, mashhad, ir iran. tel: +98-5138821533, fax: +98-5138810177

farhad fathimoghadam research center for hiv/aids, htlv and viral hepatitis, iranian academic center for education, culture and research (acecr), mashhad, ir iran

چکیده

conclusions as it was previously reported by the world health organization (who) on hav infection in the country, this study revealed a high prevalence of hav infection in mashhad. background hepatitis a virus (hav) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide, mostly in developing countries. objectives this population-based survey was performed to investigate hav seroprevalence in mashhad, northeast of iran. patients and methods a cross-sectional study was performed on 1563 randomly selected individuals from general population of mashhad, iran, between may and september 2009. serum samples were tested for total anti-hav antibodies using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) kit. data was analyzed using spss ver. 18.0 by chi-square and student's t-tests. results seroprevalence of hav infection was 69.6% (95% ci: 67.3-71.9%) with no difference between males and females. anti-hav seropositivity increased with rising age from 9.4% in subjects younger than 5 years to 100.0% in individuals older than 65 years old (p < 0.001).

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razavi international journal of medicine

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