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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Detection and Quantification of Hepatitis B Virus DNA
Published on: December 15, 2023
[Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Sub-Saharan immigrants in Almería (Spain)]
Joaquín Salas1, José Vázquez, Teresa Cabezas
1Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, España. joaquinsalascoronas@yahoo.es
Introduction:
There is scant information available in Spain regarding virological markers and clinical status in Sub-Saharan patients infected with HVB.
Methods:
A cross-sectional and retrospective study of virological markers and clinical status of HBV infection in 510 adult patients from Sub-Saharan Africa, not co-infected with HIV, most of them from West Africa countries.
Results:
A total of 90.8% of patients had markers of HBV infection and 137 (26.9%) were HBsAg positive. Among patients with HBsAg positive, 55.9% were chronic inactive carriers. The predominant genotype was E.
Conclusions:
The study shows a high prevalence of both markers of HBV infection and of chronic hepatitis B in immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.
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