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Hepatitis B Virus Prevalence in Industrialized Cities in China

Kazunori Seiji, MS

Tohoku Rosai Hospital Sendai 980, Japan

Osamu Inoue, PhD

Tohoku Rosai Hospital Sendai 980, Japan

Masaaki Watanabe, MS

Tohoku Rosai Hospital Sendai 980, Japan

Suguru Takahashi, MS

Tohoku Rosai Hospital Sendai 980, Japan

Zhen Chen, MD

Institute of Occupational Medicine Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine Beijing, People's Republic of China

Mei-Yuan Huang, MD

Institute of Occupational Medicine Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine Beijing, People's Republic of China

Shi-Xiong Cai, MD

Institute of Occupational Medicine Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine Beijing, People's Republic of China

Haruo Nakatsuka, PhD

Department of Environmental Sciences Tohoku University School of Medicine Sendai 980, Japan

Takao Watanabe, PhD

Miyagi University of Education Sendai 980, Japan

Masayuki Ikeda, MD

Department of Public Health Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine Kyoto 606, Japan

The prevalence of HBV infection was investigated by radioimmunoassay for HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc in over 1000 workers in large scale factories located in four industrial cities (Jinxi, Shanghai, Wuxi and Xian) in 1987 to 1990. The age dependency of the prevalence was not evident. The overall prevalence rate of those positive for any of the three markers was 62.6%. The rate was significantly (p<0.01) higher than the rates found in Beijing in a previous study1 but lower than the values observed in earlier studies.

Key Words: Anti-HBc • anti-HBs • factory workers • HBsAg • China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 5, No. 4, 350-358 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/101053959100500415
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