https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/112525
標題: | SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS E VIRUS INFECTION AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN TAIWAN | 作者: | LIN, DING-BANG LIN, JYE-BIN CHEN, SHIUAN-CHIH YANG, CHI-CHIANG CHEN, WEN-KANG CHEN, CHIEN-JEN |
關鍵字: | seroprevalence;anti-HEV;preschool children;Taiwan | 公開日期: | 2004 | 卷: | VIROLOGY | 期: | n.3 | 起(迄)頁: | 414-418 | 來源出版物: | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL | 摘要: | In order to study the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus ( HEV) infection among preschool children in Taiwan, a community-based survey was carried out in 54 kindergartens in 10 urban areas, 10 rural areas, and 2 aboriginal areas randomly selected through stratified sampling. Serum specimens of 2,538 preschool children were screened for HEV antibodies (anti-HEV) by a commercially available enzyme immunoassay. The odd ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated through multiple logistic regression analysis. A total of 86 children were anti-HEV seropositive, giving a prevalence of 3.4%. The prevalence of anti-HEV was 3.9%0 (19 of 484) among aboriginal children, a significantly increased seroprevalence compared with that among children who lived in urban areas (OR= 1.68; 95% CI = 1.56-2.95; P < 0.05). Females had a higher anti-HEV seroprevalence than the males (OR = 1.55; 95% CI = 1.14-2.54 ; P<0.05). Rates of anti-HEV antibody increased with age in aboriginal areas (chi(2) for trend=5.59, P=0.02), but decreased with age in non-aboriginal areas. The poor water supply system, poor sewage disposal, exposure to wild animals, and other environmental conditions in the aboriginal areas might have played a role in their infection with HEV in Taiwan. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/82038 |
顯示於: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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