Trepka Mary Jo, Weisbord Joanna S, Zhang Guoyan, Brewer Toye
Office of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Miami-Dade County Health Department, Miami, Florida, USA.
Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Dec;30(12):914-8. doi: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000091126.08640.FC.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a sexually transmitted infection that can be prevented with hepatitis B vaccination.
The goal was to determine prevalence and risk factors for HBV infection and immunity among sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic clients.
In this cross-sectional study, consenting adult STD clinic clients were interviewed regarding HBV risk factors and vaccination history, and blood was drawn for HBV serologic testing.
Of the 682 participants, 154 (22.6%) had antibody to hepatitis B core antigen, indicating previous infection, and 64 (9.4%) had only antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen, indicating immunity as a result of hepatitis B vaccination. Only 130 (19.1%) of all participants reported receiving at least one dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
The majority of clients were susceptible to HBV, were at high risk for HBV infection, and would benefit from hepatitis B vaccination.
乙型肝炎病毒（HBV）感染是一种可通过乙肝疫苗预防的性传播感染。
目的是确定性传播疾病（STD）门诊患者中HBV感染和免疫的患病率及危险因素。
在这项横断面研究中，对同意参与的成年STD门诊患者进行了关于HBV危险因素和疫苗接种史的访谈，并采集血液进行HBV血清学检测。
在682名参与者中，154人（22.6%）有乙肝核心抗原抗体，表明既往感染，64人（9.4%）仅有乙肝表面抗原抗体，表明因接种乙肝疫苗获得免疫。所有参与者中只有130人（19.1%）报告至少接种过一剂乙肝疫苗。
大多数患者对HBV易感，有HBV感染的高风险，接种乙肝疫苗会使他们受益。
