In 1992, the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers was evaluated in 1004subjects
aged one to 76 years living in urban and rural areas in Tanzania. The overall prevalence …

A serological survey for evidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was conducted in the
Kingdom of Tonga as the first step in developing a strategy for an immunization programme …

Hepatitis B virus markers were measured by radioimmunoassay in the sera of 804 rural and
urban inhabitants and prisoners in Nigeria. Of these, 530 (66%) subjects had one or more …

A total of 542 serum samples from healthy adults (medical students and medical staff, blood
donors and pregnant women) residing in or near the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were …

Objective. To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B viral markers. Design. A sera-
epidemiological community-based crosssectional study. Setting. All nine provinces of …

Abstract Introduction: sub-Saharan Africa bears a high prevalence for hepatitis B virus (HBV)
infection. This analysis aims at elucidating the exposure to HBV across different age groups …

Abstract In 400 donors from Lagos HBsAg was detected in 53 (13.4%) and anti-HBs in 163
(40.8%), with higher rates in commercial than volunteer donors. Extrapolating from the …

Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women attending
antenatal clinic services in Juba Teaching Hospital, in the period between December 2012 …

A cross‐sectional survey of outpatients attending the three district hospitals in the towns of
Mombasa, Kilifi, and Malindi was conducted to determine the patterns of hepatitis B …

Seroepidemiological studies of hepatitis B were carried out on diverse groups of children
(477) and adults (629) from the Pacific Island country of Vanuatu. In children under 14 years …