Pinheiro Raquel Silva, Araújo Lyriane Apolinário de, Caetano Karlla Antonieta Amorim, Matos Marcos André de, Carneiro Megmar Aparecida dos Santos, Teles Sheila Araújo
Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, BR.
Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, BR.
Arq Gastroenterol. 2015 Jul-Sep;52(3):200-3. doi: 10.1590/S0004-28032015000300009.
Rural populations present an elevated risk of exposure to hepatitis A virus.
The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis A virus infection among residents of rural settlement projects of southwest Goiás, Central Brazil.
A total of 466 residents were interviewed and tested for the detection of anti- hepatitis A virus antibodies by ELISA.
The global prevalence of anti- hepatitis A virus was 82.2%. In individuals aged 5-9 years and 10-19 years, the prevalence was 15% and 58.8%, respectively. Persons in the 10-19 age group, with a history of life in encampments, with more than five people per residence consuming well water, were predictors for exposure to hepatitis A virus.
Our results suggest that the hepatitis A virus endemicity in rural settlements in southwest Goiás similar to that found in the urban population of the Midwest Region, confirming the implementation of universal hepatitis A vaccination in children.
农村人口感染甲型肝炎病毒的风险较高。
本研究旨在评估巴西中部戈亚斯州西南部农村定居点项目居民中甲型肝炎病毒感染的患病率及相关危险因素。
共对466名居民进行访谈，并通过酶联免疫吸附测定法检测抗甲型肝炎病毒抗体。
抗甲型肝炎病毒的总体患病率为82.2%。5至9岁和10至19岁个体的患病率分别为15%和58.8%。10至19岁年龄组、有营地生活史、每户有超过五人饮用井水的人群是感染甲型肝炎病毒的预测因素。
我们的结果表明，戈亚斯州西南部农村定居点的甲型肝炎病毒流行情况与中西部地区城市人口相似，证实了对儿童实施普遍甲型肝炎疫苗接种的必要性。
