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Table 2 HBV serology in infants, school pupils and pregnant women according to location

From: Hepatitis B virus in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: a cross sectional serosurvey in different cohorts

 

Infants N (%)

Pre-school children N (%)

School pupils N (%)

Pregnant women N (%)

 

VTN

LPB

Total

Huaphan

LPB

BLX

SVN

Total

VTN

LPB

Total

anti-HBs- anti-HBc-

23 (24.5)

31 (31.6)

54 (28.1)

86 (65.1)

318 (53.4)

358 (63.9)

369 (69.2)

1045 (61.9)

98 (51.9)

69 (34.7)

167 (43.0)

anti-HBs + anti-HBc -

61 (64.9)

54 (55.1)

115 (59.9)

18 (13.6)

131 (22.0)

108 (19.3)

58 (10.9)

297 (17.6)

6 (3.2)

23 (11.6)

29 (7.5)

anti-HBs– anti-HBc +

7 (7.5)

5 (5.1)

12 (6.3)

13 (9.9)

61 (10.2)

57 (10.2)

75 (14.1)

193 (11.4)

30 (15.9)

46 (23.1)

76 (19.6)

anti-HBs + anti-HBc+

3 (3.2)

8 (8.2)

11 (5.7)

15 (11.4)

86 (14.4)

37 (6.6)

31 (5.8)

154 (9.1)

55 (29.1)

61 (30.7)

116 (29.9)

HBsAg + *

1 (1.1)

0

1 (0.5)

6 (4.5)

50 (8.4)

20 (3.6)

63 (11.8)

133 (7.9)

18 (9.5)

14 (7.0)

32 (8.2)

Total

94

98

192

132

596

560

533

1689

189

199

388

  1. *only tested on anti-HBs negative - anti-HBc positive samples.
  2. Abbreviations used: VTN Vientiane, LPB Luang Prabang, BLX Bolikhamxai and SVN Savannaket.