| seroprevalence of anti-hcv in an urban child population: a pilot survey in a developing area, cameroon. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the principal agent of non-a, non-b hepatitis and its spread in the community is not well defined. we evaluated the prevalence of anti-hcv (ortho elisa system) in 696 children (4-14 years) in kumba, cameroon. children were selected by systematic random sampling in six primary schools. a seroprevalence of 14.5% (101 children) was found which increased steadily with age. no significant differences were observed with respect to sex or to family size. there was a highly si ... | 1992 | 1311043 |