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Hepatitis B in Trans-Himalayan Tribal Population: High Prevalence, High Pediatric Burden, Virologic Patterns, and Implications for Public Health Interventions by Brij Sharma; Vishal Bodh; Neetu Sharma; Rajesh Sharma; Amit Sachdeva; Anmol Gupta; Anil Kanga; Dikshant Sharma; Ashish Chauhan is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Background/Aims: The prevalence of hepatitis B is higher in tribal populations, compared to non-tribal populations in India. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the risk factors, virological and biochemical profile of patients with hepatitis B in a tribal population. Methods: This study analyzed data collected from a communitybased project conducted in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, from July 2015 to 2017. The study included adults and children inhabiting 40 cluster villages out of 82 villages in the subdivision. The blood samples were collected for liver panel, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), Anti-HBe antibody (anti-HBe Ab) and Hepatitis B virus DNA (HBV-DNA). Results: HBsAg was positive in 23.08% of the population (968/4201), with a prevalence of 13.51% in children under 5 years of age. HBeAg positivity was seen in 22.4% of the participants, while anti-HBe Ab positivity was seen in 59.03% of the participants. HBeAg positive infection, HBeAg positive hepatitis, HBeAg negative hepatitis and HBeAg negative infection were seen in 18.06%, 1.98%, 6.17% and 74.01% of the participants, respectively. HBeAg positivity was highest in 2nd decade (40.83% v
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- Author
- Brij Sharma; Vishal Bodh; Neetu Sharma; Rajesh Sharma; Amit Sachdeva; Anmol Gupta; Anil Kanga; Dikshant Sharma; Ashish Chauhan
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)