HBV and HAV infection in chronic hepatitis in argentina

✍ Scribed by Dr. Hugo Tanno; Oscar H. Fay; Mario Roncoroni; Jorge Palazzi

• Book ID: 102379774
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 238 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0146-6615
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890070107

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Sera of 1 55 chronic hepatitis (CH) patients in Argentina were tested for the presence of HBsAg, anti‐HBs, anti‐HBc, and anti‐HAV. Our purpose was to define the role that both virus A and B might play in the etiology and pathogenesis of this condition. The patients were divided into two groups: group I (57) HBsAg‐negative; group II (98) HBsAg‐positive. The control group consisted of 1,209 healthy blood donors from Banco Central de Sangre de Rosario; 286/ 1,209 (24%) had viral markers for HBV. In group I, 38/57 (67%) had anti‐HBs and/or anti‐HBc, but none had anti‐HBs alone. Group II showed a higher percentage of males (P < 0.05). We found similar incidence of anti‐HAV among group I, group II, and the control group.