Abstract:A seroepidemiologic survey of HBV infection was carried out in four population groups served by the Maternity Hospital of Majorca, an island in the Mediterranean. The prevalence of HBV markers (HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc), determined by enzyme-immunoassay, reached 17.2% among 864 parturients, 17.2% in 783 hospital personnel, 2.7% and 19.2% among the 186 children and 73 husbands of parturients with no HBV markers, 22.8% and 43.8%, respectively, among the 44 children and 48 husbands of HBsAg chronic carrier partu… Show more
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