| [hepatitis b--an endemic sexually transmitted infection in a local community in greenland]. | sera from 1,893 persons from the sisimiut medical district in west greenland were examined for hepatitis b virus (hbv) markers and 11.5% were found to be hbsag-positive. hbeag and hbv-dna were found in 6.9% and 5%, respectively of the hbsag-positive persons. in the population examined, 75% of those aged 25 years had signs of current or previous hbv-infection and an increase in the marker prevalence from 35 to 75% was observed in the age interval 15-25 years. corresponding to this, the highest in ... | 1989 | 2781630 |