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Absence of relationship between Schistosoma japonicum and hepatitis B virus infection in the Dongting lake region, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

X.-P. YE ,
Y.-L. FU ,
R. M. ANDERSON  and
D. J. NOKES
X.-P. YE
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Y.-L. FU
Affiliation:
Yujiang Hospital of Schistosomiasis, Yujiang, Hunan, China
R. M. ANDERSON
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
D. J. NOKES
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Abstract

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In order to determine whether infection with Schistosoma japonicum is related to a higher rate of infection with hepatitis B virus and/or to a higher probability of HBsAg chronic carriage, a population based survey was carried out in China in which HBV markers were studied in 112 subjects with long-lasting S. japonicum infection, and 93 subjects with no S. japonicum infection 37·5% of the cases and 40·9% of controls showed no markers of HBV infection. The prevalence rate of HBsAg was 12·5% in the cases and 12·9% in the controls. For anti-HBc and anti-HBs the figures were 59·8% and 59·8%, and 27·9% and 35·0%, respectively. These data do not support the hypothesis of an interaction between infection with hepatitis B virus and S. japonicum.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 121 , Issue 1 , August 1998 , pp. 193 - 195
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press