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. 1981 May;32(2):675-80.
doi: 10.1128/iai.32.2.675-680.1981.

Epidemiology of hepatitis B infection in Liberian infants

A M Prince, T White, N Pollock, J Riddle, B Brotman, L Richardson

Epidemiology of hepatitis B infection in Liberian infants

A M Prince et al. Infect Immun. 1981 May.

Abstract

To provide background for a hepatitis B vaccine efficacy trial, sera were collected from 0- to 4-year-old Liberian infants and their mothers, on two occasions an average of 14.75 months apart, and tested for serological markers of hepatitis B virus infection. The prevalence of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was 2.9% in the 0- to 6-month age group and 23% in infants 3 to 4 years of age. HBsAg persisted for the 14.75-month average follow-up period in 80.8% of the infants tested. The annual incidence of development of HBsAg was 18.9% for infants less than 1 year of age and 13.6% in infants 3 to 4 years of age. Infants born to HBsAg carrier mothers had significantly higher age-specific prevalence and incidence of hepatitis B virus infection. However, it was estimated that only a minor proportion of hepatitis B infections in Liberia are derived by vertical transmission from carrier mothers.

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