Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture

A cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of and the risk factors for hepatitis C and B viruses among 700 adults above the age of 40 years in a rural area of South Korea. Seropositivity for hepatitis C virus antibody (11.0%, 95% confidence interval: 8.7–13.6) was higher than that for hepatiti...

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Autores principales: Shin, H R, Kim, J Y, Kim, J I, Lee, D H, Yoo, K Y, Lee, D S, Franceschi, S
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12177801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600436
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author Shin, H R
Kim, J Y
Kim, J I
Lee, D H
Yoo, K Y
Lee, D S
Franceschi, S
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Kim, J Y
Kim, J I
Lee, D H
Yoo, K Y
Lee, D S
Franceschi, S
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description A cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of and the risk factors for hepatitis C and B viruses among 700 adults above the age of 40 years in a rural area of South Korea. Seropositivity for hepatitis C virus antibody (11.0%, 95% confidence interval: 8.7–13.6) was higher than that for hepatitis B surface antigen (4.4%, 95% confidence interval: 3.0–6.2). Anti-hepatitis C virus seropositivity was associated with a history of repeated acupuncture (odds ratio=2.1, 95% confidence interval: 1.1–4.0), and blood transfusion (odds ratio=5.5, 95% confidence interval: 1.6–19.3) before 1992 when hepatitis C virus screening in blood donors became mandatory. Hepatitis C virus 2a was the most prevalent genotype, followed by 1b. Hepatitis C virus risk attributable to acupuncture was 38% (9% for men and 55% for women). Safer acupuncture practice has become a priority for hepatitis C virus prevention in South Korea. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 87, 314–318. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600436 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK
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spelling pubmed-23642222009-09-10 Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture Shin, H R Kim, J Y Kim, J I Lee, D H Yoo, K Y Lee, D S Franceschi, S Br J Cancer Epidemiology A cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of and the risk factors for hepatitis C and B viruses among 700 adults above the age of 40 years in a rural area of South Korea. Seropositivity for hepatitis C virus antibody (11.0%, 95% confidence interval: 8.7–13.6) was higher than that for hepatitis B surface antigen (4.4%, 95% confidence interval: 3.0–6.2). Anti-hepatitis C virus seropositivity was associated with a history of repeated acupuncture (odds ratio=2.1, 95% confidence interval: 1.1–4.0), and blood transfusion (odds ratio=5.5, 95% confidence interval: 1.6–19.3) before 1992 when hepatitis C virus screening in blood donors became mandatory. Hepatitis C virus 2a was the most prevalent genotype, followed by 1b. Hepatitis C virus risk attributable to acupuncture was 38% (9% for men and 55% for women). Safer acupuncture practice has become a priority for hepatitis C virus prevention in South Korea. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 87, 314–318. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600436 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK Nature Publishing Group 2002-07-29 2002-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2364222/ /pubmed/12177801 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600436 Text en Copyright © 2002 Cancer Research UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Epidemiology
Shin, H R
Kim, J Y
Kim, J I
Lee, D H
Yoo, K Y
Lee, D S
Franceschi, S
Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture
title Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture
title_full Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture
title_fullStr Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture
title_short Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in a rural area of South Korea: the role of acupuncture
title_sort hepatitis b and c virus prevalence in a rural area of south korea: the role of acupuncture
topic Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12177801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600436
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