| Author(s) |
Wan X
Currie, Bart
Miller N
Mathews JD
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| Publication Date |
1993-12-01
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| Abstract |
The apparent incidence of acute hepatitis B infection in the Top End of the Northern Territory was estimated from notification data and hospital data to be 12 per 100,000 per year, with a marked difference between Aborigines (42 per 100,000) and non-Aborigines (4 per 100,000), and an odds ratio of 9.7 (95 per cent confidence intervals 3 to 33). Sixty percent of Aboriginal cases of acute hepatitis B occurred in children under 10 years of age, whereas non-Aboriginal cases occurred in adults aged 20 to 29, most with behavioural risk factors. These findings confirm the importance of immunising Aboriginal children to reduce the future incidence of hepatitis B infection and hepatoma.
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| Affiliation |
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Casuarina, NT.
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| Citation |
Aust J Public Health. 1993 Dec;17(4):331-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1993.tb00164.x.
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| Pubmed ID |
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8204714/?otool=iaurydwlib
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| Link | |
| Volume |
17
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| Subject |
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hepatitis B/*epidemiology/ethnology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Northern Territory/epidemiology
*Oceanic Ancestry Group
Odds Ratio
Risk Factors
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| Title |
Acute hepatitis B infection in aboriginal Australians.
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| Type of document |
Journal Article
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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