%0 Journal Article
%T Marcadores sorol¨®gicos da hepatite B em usu¨¢rios de um Centro de Testagem para o HIV
%A Monteiro
%A Maria Rita de Cassia Costa
%A Passos
%A Afonso Dinis Costa
%A Figueiredo
%A Jos¨¦ Fernando de Castro
%A Gaspar
%A Ana Maria Coimbra
%A Yoshida
%A Clara Fumiko Tachibana
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2001
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822001000100009
%X the objective of this investigation was to study the prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis b and possible risk factors for this disease in a sample of 404 people who attended a testing and couseling center for hiv in the city of ribeir£¿o preto, s£¿o paulo state, brazil. the overall prevalence of serologic hepatitis b markers was 14.6%, equal to that obtained for anti-hbc. hbsag and anti-hbc igm showed prevalences of 1%. after adjustment using logistic regression, hepatitis b markers showed association with the following variables: age, place of residence, use of injectable drugs and positivity to anti-hiv. the overall prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection was 6.9%. hepatitis b markers were detected in 55.6% among intravenous drug users and in 42.9% among those who tested positive for hiv, confirming literature findings which indicates high levels of infection in these specific population groups.
%K hepatitis b
%K epidemiology
%K risk factors
%K coinfection.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822001000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en