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Pediatric Immigrants To Italy Show Higher Hepatitis B Virus Rates.(Brief Article)
2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Children entering Italy via adoption or immigration from areas where hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence is common have a slightly higher infection rate than those native to the country.
In 1991 authorities issued a compulsory HBV vaccination policy for children in Italy. This new finding of HBV prevalence in non-native children suggests HBV vaccinations will continue to be important for the native population of Italy.
Raffaella Giacchino of Giannini Gaslini Children's Hospital in Genova Italy, was the lead investigator of the multicenter epidemiological study. Over a seven-year period beginning in 1991, Giacchino's group examined more than 350 HBV-infected children entering Italian health care facilities. The evaluations included tests for liver enzyme levels as well as for another serum marker denoting active HBV infection.
In the 185 children native to Italy, tests for the additional HBV serum marker was positive in 77% of the young patients. In children who had immigrated or been adopted into Italy, the serum marker was present at a rate of 88%. Those children hailed from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America.
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