Hepatitis B seroprevalance in persons admitting to check-up clinics of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Medical Faculty

Mustafa Çelik; Hasan Çetin Ekerbiçer; Ali Çetinkaya; Mehmet Akif Büyükbeşe; Murat Aral

doi:10.58600/eurjther.2007-13-1-1407-arch

Authors

Mustafa Çelik KSÜ Tıp Fakültesi Aile Hekimliği ABD
Hasan Çetin Ekerbiçer KSÜ Tıp Fakültesi Halk Sağlığı ABD
Ali Çetinkaya KSÜ Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları ABD
Mehmet Akif Büyükbeşe KSÜ Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları ABD
Murat Aral KSÜ Tıp Fakültesi Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ABD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58600/eurjther.2007-13-1-1407-arch

Keywords:

Hepatitis B, Anti-HBs, HbsAg, Check-up clinics, Kahramanmaraş

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find out the HBV seroprevalance in the people admitted to Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Medical Faculty Check- up clinics. Demographic features and HBV vaccine status of 377 cases who admitted to the check-up clinics of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Medical Faculty Hospital, were questioned and the blood samples of each patient were collected. Serum HbsAg and Anti-HBs parameters were evaluated by Access IEIA (Immunoenzymatic ""sandwich"" Immunoassay) method. The cases with positive HbsAg were encountered as HBV carrier. 221 of the cases (58.6%) who enrolled in the study were female, 156 (41.4%) were male. Mean age was 39.2±12.5. Three hundred and two (96.1%) were having social insurance coverage. Numbers of the known hepatitis B carrier as HbsAg positive were 16 (4.2%) and immunized (Anti-HBs positive) ones were 50 (13.3%). Twelve cases (3.2%) had the history of hepatitis B vaccination. All the cases who had vaccination were immunized and these were consistng 24 % of Anti- HBs positive persons. Social and cultural levels of the patient admitted to the check-up clinics were higher comparing with whole population living Kahramanmaraş. For this reason we conclude relatively lover seroprevalance of HBV does not reflect the true prevalence of the virus of the people living Kahramanmaraş.

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