Vijayan Tara, Zheng Patricia, Nguyen Cynthia, Brown Abigail M, Chen Yi-Wen, Peters Marion G
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, Room S-380, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0654, USA,
J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb;17(1):112-7. doi: 10.1007/s10903-013-9883-8.
Asian American families are disproportionately affected by Hepatitis B (HBV) infection. We aimed to assess the extent of screening family members of Asian patients with known HBV infection as well as patients' knowledge of HBV disease. A cross-sectional survey of established Asian patients with HBV-infection was performed at a university liver clinic. Outcome measures included the percentage of family members whose HBV serostatus was unknown and the percentage of patients who were able to correctly identify modes of transmission. A total of 803 US-based family members were identified by 58 patients. Patients did not know the HBV serostatus of 50% of their family members and 28% of their immediate family members. Fifty percent of participants did not know how they had acquired HBV or stated unlikely transmission modes. Though nationwide vaccination campaigns target this underrepresented population, screening family members of Asian patients with HBV remains a challenge.
亚裔美国家庭受乙型肝炎（HBV）感染的影响尤为严重。我们旨在评估对已知感染HBV的亚裔患者的家庭成员进行筛查的程度以及患者对HBV疾病的了解情况。在一家大学肝脏诊所对确诊感染HBV的亚裔患者进行了横断面调查。结果指标包括HBV血清学状态未知的家庭成员的百分比以及能够正确识别传播方式的患者的百分比。58名患者共确定了803名在美国的家庭成员。患者不知道其50%的家庭成员以及28%的直系家庭成员的HBV血清学状态。50%的参与者不知道自己是如何感染HBV的，或者说出了不太可能的传播方式。尽管全国性的疫苗接种运动针对的是这个代表性不足的人群，但对感染HBV的亚裔患者的家庭成员进行筛查仍然是一项挑战。
