Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Detection of the Hepatitis C virus in a population of adults
2008; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0104-11692008000300010
ISSN1518-8345
AutoresGlauco Danielle Fagundes, Vicente Bonazza, Luciane Bisognin Ceretta, Álvaro José Back, Jane Bettiol,
Tópico(s)Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
ResumoThe objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults from Criciuma-SC and to search factors associated with the viral transmission. METHODS: During a health campaign, a questionnaire about factors associated to HCV transmission and tests to detect HCV were applied. A representative sample of the population was considered with 300 voluntaries. Fisher's Exact test, Mann-Whitney and Kappa tests were performed (p values < 0.05 were considered significant). RESULTS: HCV was detected in 7/ 457 (1.53 %) voluntaries. Subjects with positive HCV had a mean of 5.7 (+/- 4.1 SD) sexual partners in the last 10 years, which was significantly higher than those with negative anti-HCV (mean sexual partners 2 +/- 2.5 SD) (p= 0.01). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of HCV in a voluntary population of adults from Criciuma-SC was high and there was significant association between positive anti-HCV and higher number of sexual partners.
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