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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant Turkish women and their families

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A total of 5,366 pregnant Turkish women were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 225 (4.2%) of them were found to be positive. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) was detected in 6.2% of HBsAg-positive pregnant women. The overall prevalence of HBsAg and antibody to HBsAg (anti-HBs) among the spouses, previous children, mothers and first degree relatives of the HBsAg-positive pregnant women was 56%, 49%, 79% and 74% respectively. The prevalence of HBsAg is thus high in pregnant Turkish women with familial clustering of hepatitis B virus infection.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital of the Social Insurance Foundation, 34720, Bakirköy, Istanbul, Turkey

    U. Kuru, N. Kuru & Z. Saglam

  2. Department of Gynecology, Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital of the Social Insurance Foundation, 34720, Bakirköy, Istanbul, Turkey

    O. Turan, Y. Ceylan & M. Nurluoglu

  3. Department of Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 34390, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey

    A. Agacfidan

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Kuru, U., Turan, O., Kuru, N. et al. Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant Turkish women and their families. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 248–251 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591364

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