Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection in Bahrain, 2000 through 2010

Hepatitis B infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases with about 350 million chronic carriers. Because no data is published on the prevalence and risk factors of this important disease in Bahrain, this article evaluates the available data from 2000 to 2010 to estimate the preval...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-02, Vol.9 (2), p.e87599-e87599
Main Author: Janahi, Essam M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bahrain - epidemiology
Bangladesh - ethnology
Biology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Epidemiology
Ethiopia - ethnology
Female
Health risks
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Hepatitis B - virology
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B virus - physiology
Humans
Immigrants
Immunization
India - ethnology
Indonesia - ethnology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Male
Males
Mass Screening - methods
Mass Screening - trends
Medical research
Medicine
Middle Aged
Pakistan - ethnology
Philippines - ethnology
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Risk groups
Surgery
Vaccination
Vaccines
Viruses
Young Adult
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Summary:Hepatitis B infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases with about 350 million chronic carriers. Because no data is published on the prevalence and risk factors of this important disease in Bahrain, this article evaluates the available data from 2000 to 2010 to estimate the prevalence of the infection and to evaluate the risk factors. Epidemiologic data on HBV cases were collected from the major hospitals and health centers in Bahrain and statistically analyzed. Over this indicated decade, 877,892 individuals were screened for HBV infection and 5055 positive cases were reported in Bahrain. The prevalence of HBV infection during that period was 0.58%. Although there was no significant difference in the prevalence over the period of 10 years, the actual number of positive cases has almost doubled in the later years especially in 2007 and 2008. The prevalence was significantly higher among males (62.3%; P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0087599