| seroepidemiology of hepatitis b and delta virus infections in bangladesh. | hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is one of the most prevalent public health problems worldwide, and causes 1 million deaths annually. in bangladesh, information about prevalence of hbv infection is scarce, and there is no available data on hdv infection. we determined rates of hbsag and anti-hbc seropositivity in asymptomatic, healthy children (n = 181) and adults (n = 354) presenting to referral facilities in dhaka, bangladesh, and tested a separate group of hbsag-positive patients (n = 180) f ... | 2003 | 14725415 |
| sero-epidemiology of sporadic acute hepatitis in bangladesh: high prevalences of infection with type-b, type-e and multiple types of hepatitis virus. | in a recent investigation of hepatitis in bangladesh, the sera from 74 adult patients (aged 15-67 years) who had been clinically diagnosed as cases of sporadic acute hepatitis were collected at various hospitals in and around dhaka. five cases were positive for igm antibody against the hepatitis a virus and 30 were positive both for the surface antigen of the hepatitis b virus (hbv) and for igm antibody against the hbv core (hbc). the six cases found positive for antibodies against the hepatitis ... | 2009 | 19508752 |