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Query: UMLS:C0019163 (
hepatitis B
)
38,309
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The purpose of this study was to screen for the presence of
hepatitis B
surface antigen and aflatoxins in the sera of 100 non-hospitalized individuals from the rural population of Igbo-
Ora
and 89 non-hospitalized individuals from the urban population of Ibadan, Nigeria. Hitherto, such a study as this has not been undertaken in this environment. The proportions of
hepatitis B
surface antigen carriage and serum 'pathologic' levels of aflatoxins were high (47-49%, 8.2-9.0% respectively) but varied very little between the two different populations sampled. These findings indicate that determined efforts should be instituted to reduce or eliminate
hepatitis B
virus infection and aflatoxin contamination of high risk foodstuffs from this environment.
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PMID:HBsAg and aflatoxins in sera of rural (Igbo-Ora) and urban (Ibadan) populations in Nigeria. 783 35
