Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses in the Hormozgan province southern Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Viral hepatitis is a global public health problem affecting millions of people worldwide, causing thousands of deaths due to acute and persistent infection, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Providing updated serologic data can improve both surveillance and disease control programs. This study is aimed to determine the seroprevalence of markers for viral hepatitis (A, B, C, D and E) and the epidemiology of such infections in the general population of southern Iran's Hormozgan province.

Methods

Between 2016 and 2017, a total of 562 individuals with ages ranging from 1 to 86 years, who visited governmental public laboratories for routine check-ups, were tested for the presence of serological markers to hepatitis virus types A to E using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays

SUBMITTER: Behzadi MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature