Publications
| seroepidemiology of infection with hepatitis a virus and hepatitis b virus in the seychelles. | a batch of 417 serum samples obtained from native-born subjects were tested for the presence of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and corresponding antibody (anti-hbs), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa); and antibodies to hepatitis b core antigen (anti-hbc), e-antigen (anti-hbe), and hepatitis a virus (anti-hav), by radioimmunoassay (ria). hbsag was found in only two of the 417 subjects studied. anti-hbs was detected in 112 samples (26.8%), anti-hbc in 114 (27.3%) and anti-hbe in 31 ... | 1982 | 6285695 |
| decrease in the prevalence of hepatitis b and a low prevalence of hepatitis c virus infections in the general population of the seychelles. | a serological survey of hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections was carried out on a random sex- and age-stratified sample of 1006 individuals aged 25-64 years in the seychelles islands. anti-hbc and anti-hcv antibodies were detected using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (elisa), followed by a western blot assay in the case of a positive result for anti-hcv. the age-adjusted seroprevalence of anti-hbc antibodies was 8.0% (95% ci: 6.5-9.9%) and the ... | 1999 | 10612888 |