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[Carriage of HBs antigen in New Caledonia. Study according to ethnic group]
J Guélain1, H Thévenot, H Schill
1Service de Santé des Armées, Institut Pasteur de Nouméa.
Bulletin De La Societe De Pathologie Exotique Et De Ses Filiales
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Owing to 2,772 New Caledonian blood donors and pregnant women, a study was made of the salient features of the H. B. s. antigen carrier state; percentages of carriers showed no difference according to the age and a slight difference between sexes. These percentages proved to be quite different according to ethnic groups. Smaller rates of carriers were found among Europeans (1.1%) than among Melanesians (7.6%) as well as Polynesians (7.7%). There is a relation between H. B. s. carrier state and positive treponema serology, the latter occurring more frequently among melanesian and polynesian groups.