Dinelli Maria Isabel Saraiva, Fisberg Mauro, Moraes-Pinto Maria Isabel de
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2006 Jan-Feb;48(1):43-4. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000100009. Epub 2006 Mar 9.
The prevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibodies was assessed in adolescents (age ranging from 10.4 to 19.9 years) at an Adolescent Outpatient Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil. Anti-HAV was detected in 137 (54.2%) out of 253 individuals. When separated into two age groups, anti-HAV frequency was higher in the 15 to 19 year-old group (64%) in comparison to the 10 to 14 year-old group (46%) (Chi-square test: p = 0.004). These results suggest that adolescents in São Paulo are at risk of hepatitis A infection and are probably contracting HAV infection during this age period.
在巴西圣保罗的一家青少年门诊诊所,对青少年(年龄在10.4至19.9岁之间)进行了甲型肝炎病毒(HAV)抗体流行率评估。在253名个体中,有137人(54.2%)检测到抗HAV。当分为两个年龄组时,15至19岁组的抗HAV频率(64%)高于10至14岁组(46%)(卡方检验:p = 0.004)。这些结果表明,圣保罗的青少年有感染甲型肝炎的风险,并且可能在这个年龄段感染HAV。