Prevalence of hepatitis B markers among pregnant Hispanic women in migrant/seasonal work in Oregon.
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 78 (8) , 971-972
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.78.8.971
Abstract
We screened 303 Hispanic pregnant women who were migrant or seasonal agricultural workers in Oregon for the presence of Hepatitis B serological markers. One carrier was identified (0.3 per cent, 95% confidence interval [CI] .02%, 2.1%). Evidence of previous HB infection was present in 5.3 per cent (16/303) of the women (95% CI 3.2%, 8.6%), rates similar to those for the general US population.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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