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Antibody to hepatitis A and hemodialysis
- Source :
- American journal of epidemiology. 116(5)
- Publication Year :
- 1982
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Abstract
- Antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) was surveyed in 469 patients from 20 of 31 Michigan hemodialysis units, during spring 1978. The mean point prevalence of anti-HAV was 59.5% and within the 20 individual units ranged from zero to 100%. For the entire survey population, the point prevalence of anti-HAV was significantly greater with increasing age, among blacks, and in individuals with hypertension as their underlying renal disease. Anti-HAV was independent of sex, duration of dialysis, or the presence of either hepatitis B surface antigen or its associated antibody. Within individual units, anti-HAV prevalence was associated with a higher mean patient age but not with dialysis unit size, mean duration of dialysis therapy, race, or prevalence of hepatitis B markers among patients or staff. These data support reports that transmission of the hepatitis A virus is neither associated with hemodialysis therapy nor routinely spread by parenteral mechanisms as observed in hepatitis B virus transmission.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Aging
Michigan
Adolescent
Epidemiology
viruses
medicine.medical_treatment
Prevalence
Radioimmunoassay
medicine.disease_cause
Antibodies, Viral
Renal Dialysis
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Hepatovirus
Child
Dialysis
Aged
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
business.industry
Transmission (medicine)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
Immunology
Female
Hemodialysis
business
Epidemiologic Methods
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029262
- Volume :
- 116
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of epidemiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bea39900d822b88398fc36fc6426ca27