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[Hepatitis B marker seropositivity in prostitutes using ELISA]
1Sağlik Bakanliği, Ankara Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği.
Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
In this study, HBsAg, Anti-HBc and Anti-HBs have been investigated in 172 prostitutes and 50 healthy women with ELISA. Anti-HBc seropositivity was increasing with age in prostitutes. No significant difference was found between Hepatitis-B marker seropositivity and working period of prostitutes. In prostitutes, 6.3% HBsAg, 62.7% Anti-HBc, 50.5% Anti-HBs seropositivity and 69.1% total seropositivity was found. Statistically, except HBsAg seropositivity, seropositivity in prostitutes was higher than the control group. Therefore, prostitutes are an important risk group for Hepatitis-B infection.