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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(1):61-67. Published online January 31, 1984.

The Frequency of HBsAg and HBsAb Positive in Hospitalized Children and Preschool Children in Kindegarten From Busan Area.

Kew Keun Hwang, Won Kyung Kim, Kyung Tae Kim, Jung Hee Lee

¹Department of Pediatrics, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea

Abstract

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).

Keywords :Positive rate of HBsAg; Anti-HBs; Hepatitis B