| The role of sexual transmission in the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in black South Africans. | |
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PMID: 1440827 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The role of sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus in Black South Africans was evaluated by a seroprevalence study of sentinel populations at varying risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies was found to be 1.8% in an STD clinic sample of 272, 0.7% in a family planning sample of 148, 3.3% in a sample of 246 'blue collar' workers (81% of rural origin), and 0.9 in a sample of 117 new blood donors. All samples were from Black adults. The differences between them were not significant (P = 0.2348). In contrast, the prevalence of anti-human immunodeficiency virus antibodies in the STD sample (5.5%) was statistically significantly different (P = 0.00095) from the family planning clinic sample (1.4%) and the blue collar sample (0.8%) as well as from the reported prevalence for black blood donors in the Johannesburg area (0.7%). No evidence supporting a role for sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus was found, while the prevalence of infection appeared to be higher in rural populations and in males. These features are similar to hepatitis B in this population. |
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Authors:
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B D Schoub; S Johnson; J M McAnerney; N K Blackburn |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume: 86 ISSN: 0035-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. Publication Date: 1992 Jul-Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1992-12-09 Completed Date: 1992-12-09 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7506129 Medline TA: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 431-3 Citation Subset: IM; J; X |
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National Institute for Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Sandringham, South Africa. |
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Adolescent Adult African Americans* African Continental Ancestry Group Female Hepatitis C / immunology, transmission* Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Sexual Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology, transmission* Socioeconomic Factors South Africa / epidemiology |
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