Literature DB >> 7531181

Low prevalence of anti-HCV antibody among Italian children.

L Romanò1, A Azara, M Chiaramonte, D De Mattia, A Giammanco, M E Moschen, B Scarpa, T Stroffolini, A R Zanetti.   

Abstract

The seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibody was studied among 2,749 children and teenagers (1,438 males and 1,311 females) living in Italy. Anti-HCV antibody testing was positive by both EIA and RIBA in ten (0.36%) subjects. The positivity rate increased with age, ranging from 0 among children less than 6 years of age to 0.8% among those aged 17-19 years chi 2 linear regression = 0.038). Anti-HCV prevalence ranged from 0.2% in northeastern regions and in Apulia to 0.6% in Sicily and Sardinia (p > 0.005), and no difference was seen between males (0.35%, C.I. 95%: 0.04-0.66) and females (0.38%, C.I. 95%: 0.04-0.66) (Fisher's exact test = 0.565). From these data it appears that in Italy HCV infection is an uncommon event during childhood.

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Year:  1994        PMID： 7531181     DOI： 10.1007/bf01715545

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infection        ISSN： 0300-8126            Impact factor:   3.553


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