| The Frequency of HBsAg and HBsAb Positive in Hospitalized Children and Preschool Children in Kindegarten From Busan Area. |
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Kew Keun Hwang, Won Kyung Kim, Kyung Tae Kim, Jung Hee Lee |
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Department of Pediatrics, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea |
| 부산지방 소아입원환아 및 유치원아의 간염 요항원과 항체의 출현빈도
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황규근, 김원경, 김경태, 이정희 |
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부산성분도병원 소아과 |
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| Abstract |
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The authors evaluated HBsAg and Anti-HBs on 434 cases who were admitted to pediatric ward of St. Benedict Hospital and HBsAg on 656 cases of 6 kindegartens in Busan area from January to April in 1983.
The results were as follows. 1)Among 434 cases of hospitalized children (male; 256, female; 178), 24(5.53%) were HBsAg positive and 13(2.98%) were HBsAb positive. 2)Among 656 case s of 6 kindegartens(male; 340, female; 316), 36(5.50%) were HBsAg positive. 3) In the cases of HBsAg positive of hospitalized, 15(5.86%) were male and 9(5.05%) were female. In the HBsAg positive of kindegartens, 23(6.76%) were male and 13(4.11%) were female.
By sex distribution, the occurrence of HBsAg positive was slightly higher in male than in female. 4) By age distribution of hospitalized children, HBsAg positive rates under 1 yr age group was 2.08%(3 cases), for 1~4 yr group was 4.85%(8 cases), for 5~8 yrgroup was 10.53%(6 cases), for 9~12 yr group was 10.71%(6 cases), and for over 13 yr group was 8.33%(1 case).
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| Key Words:
Positive rate of HBsAg, Anti-HBs, Hepatitis B |
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